Can't Hardly Wait

It has been three days since I have installed my bees into hives. The third day is usually the day that the beekeeper should fire up his smoker and break into the new hives to see how everything is going. Not me, not today. It is cloudy, a little cool, and has been misting rain. Not good weather for breaking open a new hive, or any hives for that matter. Maybe tomorrow...cross your fingers! I was so excited too! I can't wait to get in there and see if the queen has been freed and also to see if they are drawing comb (making honeycomb to store honey and for the queen to lay eggs in). I am also ready to get in there to test the two hives different personalities. The day I installed I took note of some different stuff and kinda made a mental note that I thought the first hive is the weaker hive an the second hive is the stronger. I am unsure which has the more aggressive attitude. I initially thought that the stronger would be the more aggressive one, but I am not sure after a couple from the first hive buzzed my head while I was observing from about 10 ft away Sunday (without protective equipment on). I went out yesterday to check the bees sugar water and I found something I wasn't expecting. The first hive had drank 3/4 of a quart jar in about 24 hrs, and the second hive had only drank about 1/4 of a quart jar. Hmmmm? I am thinking that the second hive maybe a little bigger and is out
foraging and finding plenty of food therefore they are not having to drink as much sugar water as the first hive. That thought satisfied me. This morning before work I went out and gave the first hive a full quart. This evening I went out to check their water and the second hives hadn't moved a whole lot and the first have had drank about 1/4 of theirs. There was only a handful of bees outside either hive, like five to ten at any given time. I noticed that one of the bees left the first hive and flew to the second hive. Interesting. Then I saw one leave the second hive and fly to the first hive. It landed right by the sugar water feeder and walked right in! I watched this for a couple minutes. I just wonder if the second hive is "robbing" the first hive's sugar water? Surely not, they both have plenty right in their front door. I can't wait to get in to them tomorrow to see what is going on inside those boxes!! Also, I don't REALLY know which one is stronger which one is weaker, those are just initial first impressions from an amateur beekeeper.

I will upload some pics of Jordan and I installing my bees later. I know you guys want to see them and I was going to upload them with this post but blogger is being sloooooowww today, sorry!