...do I need to medicate? I expect my hives tomorrow and my bees at the end of the week. I ordered top feeders for both hives, rather than front feeders. I'm starting with deep broods, but I'm hoping to add only mediums for additional brood and honey supers for interchangeability. Had I gotten involved here first, I'd have built my own starter hive from mediums, but it's too late for that now, so I thought a deep base and two mediums on top (eventually) will suffice, without becoming too inconvenient for me. I'm still young, so 10-framers aren't going to pose a weight issue (yet). My county recommends that "being a good neighbor" involves no more than 3 hives on my size of property, so expansion is limited.