It was about 75º, clear skies and no breeze.
Swarm Hive
The feeder jar has just over a cup of sugar water left. That jar has been on there for two days now. Seems the girls have found a better food source. I am still treating the swarm hive as if its a package installation. The bees cover 5 frames. The hive frames are currently checkerboarded, and the bees are busy drawing comb on the foundation frames and busy repairing cleaning up the frames with comb. So far I have not found a queen, eggs or larva. The bees hive a very mild temperament as if there is a queen in the hive. Every frame they occupy and are working on is filled with sugar/water, nectar and pollen.
Alpha & Beta Hives
I only observed the bees to check what food types they are bringing in, and I saw a lot of pollen inbound. The bees are very busy coming and going and none of them bothered with me.
Here are some photos of the Swarm hive;
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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