It was about 78º in the back yard, clear skies light winds.
Backyard Bees
The hive had three honey supers. I removed one since it was not being used in any way by the bees. So now the top one has about 20 or so pounds and the bottom one has maybe 10 pounds scattered throughout the frames. The top hive body has about 6 frames three quarters covered with capped honey, these frames are 1,2,3 and 8,9,10. I did find fresh eggs, and I didn't see any problems so the inspection stopped at that point and I put everything back together.
Bee Yard
Removed the Apiguard containers and spacers from the Swarm and Beta Hive.
Swarm Hive
Didn't do an inspection. But the bee population is a lot smaller than I expected for this time of year. Looks like the varroa mites have really hurt this hive. Hopefully I can keep them going this fall and winter.
Beta Hive
The bees were not as busy at the entrance as the other two hives, they seemed to all be in the top hive body and honey super. They fill about one and a half hive bodies.
Alpha Hive
Top honey super is pretty light. I will begin feeding this hive as soon as I have some sugar.
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