How are the bees doing? - Part II

Here are more pics - mostly from today. I pulled out 3 frames to inspect.
The top photo is of frame #8. They are starting to fill this frame with honey, esp. on the right side of the frame. Good - but hoping they are able to really get some honey saved before winter (thought they would've had much more made by now).

The 2nd frame pic on the is frame #4. The queen was on the left side of this frame - which is a great sign. She has expanded her egg laying further out on the right side of the box.

They haven't moved into the upper box yet, but hopefully will do this sometime in August.

The last photo that I posted in this entry - on the bottom, right - darker photo - is one that makes me smile every time I see it. The story: Each night when I come home from work, I stop at the hive and take a peek. I came home one night in June and the bees were outside the hive entrance like in the photo. I worried a bit - wondering what might be going on inside. Plus, the way they gathered, many of them were walking on top of each other, which seemed odd at the entrance. They were moving around slowly - an unusual sight for the busy worker bees. I did a little research on the Internet, and discovered that they were simply 'hanging out on the front porch on a warm summer's evening.' Now when I see them doing this, I picture a porch swing, glasses of lemonade, and perhaps a few of the most hardworking bees have a nice refreshing margarita as their relaxing sugar source for the evening!