Mrs FG and I just completed this week's inspection together.

There are twice as many bees as when we first got this colony as a nuc; there are loads of larvae and eggs (yes, we can both see eggs properly now!). There are some stores along the top of most frames, but not loads. There is all sorts of different pollen colours.

We didn't see the queen. We found it very difficult to get the light right (in a woody glade with sometimes sun, sometimes shade as the wind...