Coldwater
New Bee
I have three colonies, one of which is a string swarm from June as is doing well. Ther other two were artificial swarms from may which grew well and produced a couple of supers of honey each. Both of these colonies now have a good number of bees but very little brood? (Maybe a frame in total in each hive). One of them has had trouble from wasps, but I have hopefully reduced that now and things are looking better. The other one has a good amount of stores and both hives are bringing in pollen but I can't figure out the sudden sudden reduction in laying.... Should I request them both? Presumably they should be starting to lay for winter now?