31 May, 2010 - 3 pm

It was about 83º and party sunny and no breeze at the bee yard.

Swarm Hive
Opened it up and looked at the top hive body to see how the bees are filling out the frames. Looks like they have started drawing comb on the outer two frames. I removed one for a quick inspection and found the queen. I also found eggs and larva, so I put that back in and closed the hive.

Alpha Hive
Opened up the top honey super. No bees are working in it. Removed it and started looking through the top hive body. I decided to remove a frame that was the second one in from the wall. That was a mistake. The lower comb had been drawn out and attached to the next frame. Removing it caused about half of the capped honey on that frame to spill out. Cleaned up the honey mess as best as I could. I didn't see the queen on that frame or the ones next to it. Replaced the damaged frame with another frame that was only foundation and put the hive back together.

Beta Hive
Opened up the top honey super and didn't find many bees in it. Removed it to look at the second honey super and found hundreds of bees in it and about 4 frames with curing honey. Removed the second honey super. The third honey super has all frames filled with honey and the middle 4 frames are being capped. Didn't go any further into hive, put all supers back in place and closed the hive.