Just a Checkup

Nothing exciting this time around, just a regular checkup. I've been having trouble getting the bees to move upstairs. I moved two frames upstairs a while back, but as soon as all of the bees hatched out of their cells, they seemed to vacate and move back downstairs, leaving empty comb up top. Here is a picture of one of empty frames they left upstairs:

I tried moving another frame upstairs, so hopefully the bees take a hint after this. You can see the darker colored frames are the ones from downstairs that I've moved up (2 from last time, 1 with bees on it that I just moved up there):

The other thing that I did this time is fill the buckets around the base posts with vinegar. Apparently vinegar removes the scent of ant trails (which is why I have the buckets there, to keep the ants out of the feeders).

This is also the first time that I have checked the hive and I haven't seen Queenie. I saw some eggs down in the bottom box, so nothing to be alarmed about. As the hive gets bigger, it will be more and more difficult to find her.