A quick check...

I was out watching the hives yesterday afternoon; we've had weather in the 90s for the last three days, and I was curious how they're coping. Both hives are on screened bottom boards, which I'm sure helps, and there was some fanning going on, but nothing outrageous--no bearding or anything.

The West hive, the stronger of the two, did have young bees doing orientation flights at the front of the hive, as expected. The East hive didn't. Just for the heck of it, I decided to do a quick check of the East hive. I really am worried about it. I didn't bother to suit up--it was 95 in shade!--just lit my smoker and went in. The queen in already laying in the second brood box--I saw uncapped larvae. So she's there and laying. I wonder if there is a drifting problem, or if it's just taking longer for them to clean up the frames and get her laying... or what.