The frame below is the one that was the messiest last week. They still are not on track, but mostly are working on filling the frame. The open comb is where I cut a sticking out piece of comb off.
On the frames on the edge of the box, the bees are building good comb as evidenced by the picture below. There's hope for this hive. This medium box in which they made the mess is a newly built box and the frames are all newly built frames. The other new hive, Mellona, is doing a much better job. That medium box is an old repainted box and the frames are old medium frames into which I waxed starter strips. Wonder if the smell makes it better for those bees to draw straight comb? HMMM, I'll ask on Beemaster.
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