Hot Bees in the shade

[KeyLargoBees]

Ace....i doubt that though anything is possible. These are between a 6' privacy fence and large shed Hidden from view and no access from the neighbors. The host is excited about the bees but is not the kind of person that would mess with the hives for no reason. I moved the swarm traps directly from the trap lines to the host yard one evening  and gave it a day and then went to move them from the traps to the hive bodies. Its possible I should have let them settle in longer since they were in traps with frames and good spacing and based on what I saw when I opened the traps they had not been in the traps more than a day or two so disturbing them may have set them off.....still no definitive answer on what made them mean that one day but am goign to work them again this afternoon and we will see if last weeks meekness continues or if they go back to their pissy ways :-)