Checked the hives today.
My bees were fairly relaxed when I opened my hive.
I found some excess burr comb.
The queen cage was empty when we looked at it. I did not find my queen though.
I found lots of larvae and eggs. I stopped looking for the queen because the temperature was dropping and I didn't want to chill the brood. I added half a gallon of sugar syrup and half a pollen patty to the hive before I closed it up.
After finishing my hive, my parents said that I butted in and took over doing their hive, or so they say.
Even though I did not find my queen, I found my parent's queen.
After that I took over installing my parent's other colony that they planned to install today.
The gentle way of installing bees because the temperature and the weather was turning for the worst.
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