The captured bees seem to be doing bee things as it warms up. I peaked in the top deep around 9 am and there were no bees up in there so I took it off and there was no drama. It looked like they were clustered up into 3-4 frames but it's just waxed foundation so I guess there's lots of room in that space.
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The first scout bee observed at the bait hive. 15:53 local daylight time, 60F/15C, sunny, light breeze.
It was the only bee from 13:30 - 16:30. Weather is turning warmer so maybe there will be more activity in the coming week.
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In Crimson Desert you don't need just swords to beat bosses, you can bring the BEES 🐝
Chop a tree with a hive, catch the swarm and release it on the arena: steady DOT while you kite. There's also a rare weapon, Beehive Club (the hive club), which auto-spawns a swarm on hit. Brutal for mid-tier bosses; it tends to fall off in late game, but the BEES ABUSE will carry you through many fights.
The East hive. This would technically be the oldest hive since the OG queen moved here with a split, or maybe after I caught a queen wandering around after the split which I suspect was the old queen since I probably split them days before they would have swarmed or she couldn't fly good enough to swarm.. whatever, she was here and generally I'd say it's been the best hive but a bit swarmy. Lots of drones in this photo.
5/5 🏁
The White hive. Not much to say about it, I think it swarmed twice or more last year so I suppose it doesn't really have much character.
The Center hive. This hive always has lots of bees, and swarmed once last year so maybe the slight meanness of some bees went with that queen. It was like 1 of 100 bees would just hit you and sting you, no warning, when checking them.
The Green hive. This is the part of the split with the queen from the East hive. It's activity is picking up every day as more foragers take flight. They have a green 4 leaf clover and a water trough to help ID the hive and for other bees to see sooner it's not their hive. I noticed a lot of drift from other hives landing or almost landing before realizing it wasn't their hive.
The West hive. These bees seem to be smaller. They could just be young bees but I've seen the small ones bringing in pollen. They seem healthy and didn't have any issues over the winter. This was a swarm caught July 17 last year and combined here since this box had swarmed and I probably cleared out it's queen cell when checking things.
The East hive has lots of bees and some queen cells and also some brood that hasn't hatched yet. This is all in the bottom box of a 2 deep box hive.
The hive split seems like it will be successful!
Tom
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