In order to really get a sense of the hive right now, you need to imagine you can hear a loud, irritated buzzing and see the quick movement of hundreds of bees flying through the air and near the entrances. I couldn’t even get close enough to see the entire hive without getting buzzed in my face. I just backed off and let them get back to work. I had planned on feeding the bees honey around the end of June (just this first year while they are building so much comb – to help them survive the winter). I think I’d better do that soon because these bees seem hungry!