I was out doing inspections today and everything is doing well except for one hive I have been trying to get to make a queen, lots of bees now from all the new brood over the last few weeks. Anyway I found my self already knowing what to do without my first instinct being to ask at the forums
Then pondering last year and this my second year of beekeeping I have realized I am starting to get it and have learned
And I give credit to you folks as well as the dozens of books I have read, still allot to learn, but I now know the answer in most cases without having to ask which makes beekeeping much less stressful and suddenly totally relaxing as well as a growing passion.
So anyway I did a newspaper combine with the queen-less hive on top of another hive that was only a single deep, but almost ready for a second. I guess my timing was right and the returning foragers are looking confused a moment and then simply going into one of the hives on either side of their previous location. Little bit of hub-bub at the entrance, but allowed in with their loads with no fighting.
Coolest part of todays inspection was seeing 3 medium honey supers with most frames 1/3 to 3/4 full of capped and uncapped honey on our biggest hives (one on each) with lots of bees working the frames. This and plenty of stores in bottom 2 deeps
So thanks all for your help along the way and though part of the learning curve involves understanding how fast things can go wrong as well as how fast I can mess things up without thinking them out or overthinking , but I am sure going to stick with it and keep plugging away
A mile stone I think for me I guess.