They are mainly beneath the stores, also I smoked some to place on top honey. This one is on 6 seams of bees, young queen. Late noticed that central arches aren't as I think are not satisfiing ( maybe bees think other way). So as it is too late for syrup or fondant I gave honey. This way I want to spare winter bees of converting sugar into " honey" and to faster they fill "weak" arches. The picture I attached now is older one - just to show what I saw as a problem. Marked places are weak with stores in the hive where I added honey.
The cluster is mainly in upper box, with lower part hanging in second box. When I do trickling with OA in winter, sometimes I don't see all occupied seams as they are deeper.. Now if I see a lot bees on top bars, that is thing to worry at my place ( nights with frosts, day temps around 10-14 celsius). Some ex beek once told me that his colonies are so strong that almost can't see top bars of bees ( it turned out to they starved in winter, they were low with stores and broke the honey arches and end up on top bars).
This winter will be interesting for me, some operations I prolongued, done lately. I am so curious how bees will develope in spring, only good thing is that I reared some queens this year and majority are young ones now.
There is always something to learn, as is said at my place " I know that I know nothing"..
Regards.
