Bearding

Last week was our first really warm day of this year - mid 80's.  And the bees felt it.  This is called "bearding" and they do it when they are got to try to cool themselves and the hive.  Once they got in the shade, they started going back into the hive.

We checked them the following day and all was well.  We have babies and at least one queen that we saw. We also did a mite check and found only 2 mites in one hive and none in the other - which is good news.  So standby as they make honey!