Bee Status Mixed

The good news is the swarm hive is still alive. Even saw one bee flying outside the hive on the 16th. Opened top and a lot of bees milling about in the inner cover hole. Temp mid 40s, sunny.

The package hive is gone, and below are some photos of various frames taken out. Note that there were dead bees in various random positions on these frames. In some places the dead bees were all clustered in the middle, with many half in half out of the cells. I took the tool and gouged these clumps out onto the snow. Removed almost all the dead bees from the hive. The only ones i left were so buried into the cells that it would have taken a lot more time to dig them out. Thinking probably these frames may need to be discarded. The photos show frames that i didn't have to dig large numbers of dead bees out. They're pretty much as is.

The frames below have been in use 2 years.

Note the large perfectly cleaned out cells at the bottom. Lots of honey in the top portion. This must have been one of the outside (non-central) frames.

This is a typical pattern of a non-center frame. A lot of honey to the side, pretty much devastated in the central area.

In these medium super frames i pulled a lot of dead bees clumped in the central area on the lower part of the frame. Also dead bees tended to be clumped into the upper empty cells as shown.

Another hive body frame with a lot of empty cells, but a lot of honey left in the upper part.