Wed around noon.
Since I was going to go to the York County Bee Assoc meeting tomorrow, I thought I'd checkout my hives. If I see any problems, I could ask the experts at the meeting. Both hives had plenty of honey stored and both were a little light on brood. But, since it been really warm and nectar isn't as plentiful, I didn't really see any problems.
Here some shots of the honey stored in one of my hives:
Here's are some shots of the brood:
Wed around 4pm.
I noticed a lot of bees flying around my house. More then usually. I went down to checkout the hives again and found bees all over the one hive. I thought, oh no they were getting ready to swarm even though they had swarmed earlier in the season.
What the heck is going on?
Well, the next day I went to the bee meeting and took along my pictures and video along to see if anyone knew what was happening. I got my answer real quick. My hive had been robbed!! Robbing is when bees from outside your colony go into a hive, open up all the caps and steal the honey. In a matter of hours, all my honey was gone! It is amazing how fast the bees can work. My other hive sitting 5 feet away wasn't touched!
According to the guys at the meeting, if I had know what was happening, I could have stopped the robbing by blocking the entrance and thereby making it easier for my bees to defend their hive.
Oh well, now I know!
Here are those same frames as above minus the honey:
