July 25, 2009 - 11:30pm

Temps were in the 90s today. Slight wind and sunny and the bee yard.

Alpha Hive

I looked through several frames of the honey super and each of them was full of honey, there are not many cells capped at this time. All frames in this super have honey in them. I did not see any signs of wax moth or hive beetles.

I removed the honey super to look in the top hive body. I pulled three frames and found eggs and larva in various stages. I also looked down at the lower hive body and it seemed ok. The bees were packed in there pretty close.


Beta Hive

Checked on the honey super. There are more bees in the super this week. More honey is being stored in the super. Didn't see much capping going on. Removed the honey super to take a look at some frames in the hive bodies. The top hive body is loaded with bees. The bees are packed in pretty tight. There is more room in the hive body nowadays. Looks like the girls are moving honey up into the honey super...very cool! On the two frames that had brood I spotted eggs! So the queen is still at it. Although I did not remove the top hive body to look at the lower hive body, the bees were also packed in pretty tight in the bottom hive body. I think next week, weather permiting, I will do a more thorough inspection to check for swarm cells.