It was 85º, clear skies and no breeze at the Bee Yard.
Swarm hive
I did not do any inspections on this hive.
Alpha Hive
I looked through the bottom super and removed two frames that were completely capped. The remaining frames were about 70% capped!!! I put back two empty frames in the honey super. I did not do anything else to this hive.
Beta Hive
The bees have not moved up to the top honey super yet. The middle honey super has quite a few bees and they are busy storing food. There are no frames that can be removed from the top and middle honey supers. The bottom honey super had five capped frames so I removed them and replaced them with empty frames. The remaining frames are about 50% capped.
Today's harvest was 7 frames of honey. I will extract the honey this evening or tomorrow and return the frames to the bees.
The harvest yielded twenty pounds of honey. I'll let it settle for a day or so and bottle it.
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