June 20, 2009 - 3pm

It was about 98º at the Bee Yard...

Very little wind, clear skies.

Alpha Hive

I just had to see how the girls were doing with the second honey super.

They have drawn comb on 9 frames out of ten. The comb is deep enough and filled, such that they are starting to cap the honey cells throughout the frames!!!! The bees filled frames of the top honey super.

There is not a lot of activity at the front of the hive, could be the heat. The bees aren't flying around the front. They are either hanging out on the hive or they are flying in and out of the hive.

I took a frame out of the second honey super to see if I could get the girls to draw the comb out more. So now there are nine frames.

Beta Hive

The activity level matched the Alpha Hive. So its looking like this hive has its number back up!!! I need to add a honey super as soon as I can.