It was 85º at the Bee yard, clear skies and no wind.
Swarm Hive
The bees are busy capping the frames in the honey super. I am thinking of leaving this super on the hive for the bees to carry them through the winter. I removed the # 3 frame and found eggs, larva, capped brood and the queen! I put that frame back in and closed up the hive. The overall attitude of the hive is good, the bees are very calm even when opening the hive and manipulating frames. I am considering requeening another hive with this species of queen.
Beta Hive
Although there was not much activity at the hive entrance there were a considerable number of bees in the hive. Top hive body, I looked at frames 2,3 and 4 and found plenty of eggs, larva and capped brood. The hive attitude is also good. The bees are not easily agitated and generally left me alone.
Alpha Hive
There was quite a bit of foragers coming and going and about 15-20 bees on the landing area hanging out. I peaked in the honey supers and it looks like I have four frames fully capped and three that are 3/4 capped. While going through the frames the bees were very easily agitated. This concerned me because this could mean no queen or robbing from other hives or the genetics of the queen is bit more hostile than what I am used to. I removed the supers and looked through a couple of deep frames and found plenty of eggs, larva and capped brood. I also found the queen! So I am puzzled as to the "meanness" of the hive. This keeps up I will end up replacing that queen!!!
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