next up on "things nobody explicitly said not to do but jfc why did you do that":
bee hive #3 has been looking iffy. it's the hive we put the swarm (#1 swarmed a couple weeks ago) into, and we haven't seen a lot of activity going in and out unlike hive 1 (original, swam came from there, queen left with swarm (leaning behind many queen cells), very strong, we even split it after the swarm), hive 2 (we split it off of 1 in ¿March or April?, and hive 4 (last split from hive 1)
we've had syrup on 1&3&4 because they're smol but 3, the hive in question, hasn't touched the syrup
ok so that's the background
earlier I monkeyed with the frames because I figured a frame was blocking bee access to the syrup
this evening I see the syrup bottle suddenly empty so i'm concerned, did it simply drain through? so i open the top, look in, and i see some bees just sitting there (there are many bees but this one spot of about 15 wasn't moving) and I wondered, are they alive?
and immediately found The Thing Nobody Should Have To Tell You:
Do not put your face right up to the bees and blow on them










