I have 2 different hive-top feeders: one is the usual bucket feeder and the other is a fancy one from BeeCommerce. I installed the fancy one wrong and drowned some bees before correcting my mistake. No inner cover on top of the feeder. The top is supposed to be inaccessible, and the screen is supposed to prevent drowning. Checking later I found that even with the screen I had a few drowned bees. I guess simple is safer when it comes to feeders.
Now I have to wait until Tuesday before checking to see if the queen is out of her box in each hive. There are small clouds of bees in front of each hive. The temperature is above 70 degrees which is amazing for April, and I'm hoping the clouds of bees are normal. They don't seem to be fighting or anything, and the buzzing doesn't sound angry so I'm going to assume it's all good.
Here's what it looks like today.
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