No, I didn't get an SMS. When did you send it?
Good way to get the hugs-n-kisses involved in the beekeeping.
Earlier on tonight - it had some photos with it (the two above) so it may not have come through..
I went in to the cut out nuc quickly this afternoon... i found skippy as i mentioned above - they've emptied the frames in the lower super and they're all congregating in the upper so i took away one of them and moved the upper frames in to the bottom super so they could be more consolidated and keep it warmer. She has been laying - albeit not massively and they have been bringing in some nectar. I'm going to put a divider board on and the top super again and put some sugar syrup in there (hopefully tomorrow before the rain set in) I noticed in the lower super some brood (uncapped) that had kinda rotted in the cells - mushy, brown, watery. I did the match test to make sure it wasnt AFB and there was absolutely no stringyness just mushy. It would be normal for them to rot wouldnt it? The caped brood, although dead, wasn't deformed in anyway - no sunken cappings, no holes in the cappings, no scales etc.
I'm going up to castlemaine tomorrow to get some supers and lid and base - $25 for a super wax dipped and three coats of paint, $22 for a lid - wax dipped and three coats of paint, $17 for a base wax dipped and painted... do you want anything Philinacoma?