It was 85º and partly cloudy, light wind at the bee yard.
Swarm Hive
Removed the honey super that was installed and replaced it with a hive body and frames with wax foundation. For some reason the girls just don't seem interested in moving upwards into the next hive body, I'll see how things go this time. I did not pull any frames, this visit was only to install the second hive body.
Alpha Hive
There was alot of activity around the entrance. There are bees cleaning the landing board area and around the entrance are. I checked in the honey super and found that there were not many bees in it. Looks like they more focused on the second hive body.
I did not do a hive inspection during this visit.
Beta Hive
There were so many bees hanging out at the landing board! It looks like most of them were cleaning. There were quite a few doing orientation flights and many bees bringing in food. I checked the top honey super and found that there were hundreds in it. Some were drawing comb, most looked like they were storing food and cleaning. The hive had two honey supers installed, but it looked like they need more room so I added a third honey super. I did not do a hive inspection during this visit.
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