so it looks like I successfully hived my swarm I picked up last week and its great watching them bring in pollen. I'm a bit curious what the dominant traits are, there are several whose stinger end of the abdomen has a good black section, quite a bit different than the Italians. the pics aren't that great, but I unfortunately have my hives in a bit of shade to help keep the neighbors ignorant a bit longer (I sided with the keep the neighbors in the dark side of the fence of letting neighbors know) but I think they should be clear enough, I'm trying to be productive, but I could probably have my arm twisted and sit there and wath them bring in pollen for a few hours, but then its hard not to open it up and peek at what's happening inside too haha.

