Took the top cover off of the hive body to see what the bees were doing in the second brood chamber. Didn't see much going on, but there were maybe 50 or so bees scattered about the 10 frames.
Seems there are a few more bees hanging out at the entrance. Could be due to the heat or there just may be more bees.
I noticed underneath the bottom board, that there were pollen and wax flakes. I took a couple photos of that, since I have never read about that or seen it before.
I also saw on the landing area a pollen "packet" that a bee dropped. Several bees were consuming it, so I took a photo or two of that.
I looked around the hive for ants and other pests and didn't see any.
Its been one day short of thirty days since the bees were installed. Any day now there should be new bees climbing out of their cells. I think I posted about that before, but here it is again anyways.
Heres some photos and a short clip of the bees.
Heres a couple of shots of some wax scales and pollen that fell through the bottom board
This is a clip of some activity at the hive entrance
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