I was in the shop welding a trailer together for the pontoon... wife came running in...
"COME LOOK AT YOUR BEES!"
My first thought was.. crap they are swarming.... I have managed to keep them from swarming this year, my hives are THICK with bees..
So I go outside and walk around.... The four hives I can see are Literally covered with bees... bearding.... it was HOT today.... they were four layers deep across the front of the hive and two layers deep on both sides. It does a heart good to see that many bees in a hive. I need to pull the honey off of them soon... anyone else extracting yet?"