74º, slightly breezy and sunny at the bee yard.
Swarm Hive
The queen was released and the cage was completely empty and clean.
The bees are busy capping honey, and building new comb. Hopefully the queen is alive and busy.
Split Hive
The queen was not released. The bees consumed about half of the queen candy then stopped. The bees were clinging to the area of the cage where the queen was located and appeared to be feeding her. I didn't see any bees biting the cage. I went ahead and removed the cork from the other end of the cage.
I will leave these hives alone till wednesday of next week, and then see if the queens have laid eggs. I will continue feeding the hives.
Alpha & Beta Hives
I did not disturb these hives. I just watched and observed the bees bringing in pollen. I will look in on them Friday or Saturday.
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