Nearly a week in

It was clear and warm for a couple days as of yesterday. So, when checking on my bees they have been VERY active. They were covering the entrance of the hive, which is reduced to about .75x1 inch. I also noticed that not all, but several were bringing in pollen. They were visiting the in hive feeder, but not with much gusto. The queen had been released from the mild hives cage, so I removed the queen cage.

The bees that had been left on the packages when they were removed several days ago, were dead. They did not leave the boxes and so died exactly where I had left them. Poor girls!!

I also noticed, that the bees seem to still have nosema as there were yellow/tan dots EVERYWHERE on the hives and surrounding area. On top of the more active hive were several unrelated bees. They were much fuzzier and close to double the size of my bees. They however did have bee type wings and seemed to have bee physiology. Never seen bees like them though. I'm about 90% sure they weren't moths or flies, so they had me stumped.

The personality of the hives has remained consistent. The left hive is REALLY active inside and out and the right side hive is not so active inside or out.