The swarm

So, I'm pretty sure that the bees we saw yesterday were a swarm that didn't originate from my apiary.  At 6:30 this morning when I left to go do my grocery shopping the bees were still there.  By 8am when I returned they were gone.  Looking into the hive they perched on overnight I saw that my hive was still full of bees, a much appreciated sight.  I added a third 8 frame medium super to it so they would have more room to expand.  This discourages swarming but we all know that Mother Nature rules and if they bees are going to swarm there is little, if anything, I can do about it.  Checking in on the other hive yielded similar results, they were doing fine as well. 

Both hives showed larvae at different stages and both capped and uncapped brood were present.  I did not hunt through all the frames in each hive for the Queen.  I am still gunshy from losing my Queens last year to do a lot of investigative work. 

I am going to be ordering more equipment for the two existing hives - more supers for honey, foundation for comb and frames to lay the foundation.  Additionally I will be ordering some equipment to have on hand in case I get a swarm fly by again this year.  I'd rather have to catch one just becuase it's there as opposed to having to catch one because one of my hives died.