Thanks guys. I planned on getting a better bee suit, once finances become more available. Untill then Duct tape will be used. I personally dislike using the full suit (although I don't have a suit, I mean long sleeved shirt, long pants, boots, veil, ect.) cause it's hot, I guess it's a price that has to be paid.
Once I am able to suit up well enough not to get stung I'll make sure that I go back in to get a better look at the hive. I know that there are no scratch marks on the outside of the hive, and I don't suspect any predators to visit by. It's in a domesticated area, so the closes thing would be a cat. I once saw a possum in the area, but shortly after that I saw it again flat as can be on the road.
The hive itself is not huge, but it is a little large. There is brood in one hive body, and when I added a super I forgot to put the queen excluder on it, so now there is also brood in the bottom half of a shallow super.
I usually go into the hive on Sats around 12 or 2pm, so I don't think that's a time that they are overtly disgruntled.
I assumed that the old queen was taken over by a supersedure queen, but so far I have been unable to make it into the hive to check for myself. The concept is distrubing to me, only because the queen that was origionally in there was of good genetics. I liked her. Quite a shame.
Being that it is sort of late in the season, do you think that I should avoid deviding up the hive? I'm going to get more information before I re-queen, but as of right now from the information that I have I'm guessing that that would be the best course of action. Anyone agree?