I reversed the two brood boxes today. The lower was in fact completely empty and very light, easy to remove from the bottom board. The upper was somewhat heavy with a tight cluster taking up pretty much every frame but the most outer.
The next steps are to repaint all woodenware (which I will do today) and to buy more frames and some medium brood boxes for later. Maybe I can do that this week. I want to go up to Brushy Mountain and pick up the supplies to avoid the shipping charges.
I am really hoping to catch a swarm (none from mine!) this summer if Mitzi will call and let me know one has landed on her porch! That's where my swarm went last Easter. She said she has three total land in the same spot and just left them there until they flew away. If I have some medium brood boxes then I think I can use it as a new home. I have the bottom board, inner cover, and outer cover already from my spare parts.
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