Building up... sort of

Because I gave both hives drawn comb, I expected them to build up quickly. I posted a question about it on Beesource, as a matter of fact: how long before I pop the lid and maybe add a second hive body? Two weeks minimum was the answer. And the respondent was right. Two weeks have gone by, and they haven't filled out that hive body yet.

The East hive has four frames of brood, nectar, pollen, and the West hive about the same. But there are only four frames of bees right now, so they aren't ready to expand. We have had cool weather until the last couple of days, so I've been feeding--they've used up the frames of honey that were in there already.

I spotted the queen in both hives--the blue dot on her thorax makes that much easier.