It was 83º and breezy at the bee yard.
Swarm Hive
Looks like they have accepted the queen! There are eggs on 4 frames! The other 6 frames are being filled with nectar and pollen and or are under construction.
I am still feeding this hive. They have only consumed a 1/3 of the sugar water since Saturday, so it looks like they are bringing in plenty of food.
Since the bees have filled out the frames in the hive body I added another hive body.
The new hive body has frames with foundation. So the bees should get busy with building comb.
Beta Hive
Didn't bother the hive today. I'll check on them this Saturday.
Alpha Hive
I looked through this hive and found plenty of eggs/larva/capped brood. There is also quite a bit of capped honey and pollen. This hive is looking better with every visit. I will check on them in a week or so.
Split Hive
About 90% of the bees left the hive!!! But the queen and about 50 or so bees were left behind. The queen has been busy laying eggs throughout the 10 frames, theres just not enough workers/house bees to take care of things.
So I took one frame with eggs/larva/capped brood and bees from the Alpha hive and 2 frames of eggs/larva/capped brood and bees from the Swarm hive and put those in the Split hive. Hopefully this will get this hive going.
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