Another beekeeper! Have you found HoneyBeeSuite? Rusty, the proprietor, is a gifted writer, scientifically trained, very observant and knowledgeable, and well respected.
I installed two packages of bees into my two top bar hives a week and a half ago. For 2 days after beeing hived, the girls were out walking the muddy shorelines of the pond getting water. Seems that the travel from Utah made them quite thirsty.
That's a beautiful hive you have there. Is it a Langstroth with a fancy top, or a Warre, a Valhalla? I can't really tell from the pic.
