Owl House Bee Bunch

Today was a hard day I imagine for them.  They went from shaded quiet setting to full sun and new land that they don't know anything about.  Temp today was 98 degrees.  Every bee I saw was fanning frantically and the noise was like a fan with a motor on it.  Just that low noise humming.  So hot that the bees couldn't land on the landing board to fan.  Hard to fan on the front of the hive too.  Bees would land then take off, too hot for the feet. 

Monday morning I witnessed some circle flights that were orienting.  This evening I did go out and take a short video.  I didn't have my bee suit on and it appeared as though more bees were out then I realized.  I did feed them 1:1 syrup and had a bowl of water for them that I put on top. 

All is as good as it's going to get I imagine.   The surprise is that Bee Hive #1 and 2 do not have anything to do with them from what I have observed.  I did have to kill some assasinbugs on the bee hives as I do this daily in the AM/PM.  Owl house is no exception. I did see  1 on the screen of the watering bowl with a bee it caught.  I tried to crush it with the plexiglass and a brick, but it flew off.    I will try and take a photo and post it later on here.

This afternoon after thinking about the construction of the Owl Box trying to come up with a way to not destroy it, I realized that the entrance is backwards.  I was wishing that the hole was at the top because it would ventilate better   If I drill it I risk possible killing the queen and making a mess.  I have not looked at it to see how it's put together.  I am thinking it was air gun brad nailed.  Wishing it was screwed together.   I think a pry bar is going to be the way to do it.  Hammer and prybar.  Just imagine the disturbance to the bees that's going to make.  Guess that's better then using a jig saw or sawzall on it. 

This evening about 7:20 to 7:45 the bees came out in mass.  I took a video of it.  

Zak