TBH is failing

I'm afraid that the TBH is failing. I check it yesterday and the queen had been removed from her cage, but only a small amount of bees remained. About 50 dead bees on the bottom of the hive and no pollen being brought in. I don't know what went wrong.

Total difference between the hives

The first time I had bees I only had one hive. Having two hives this time has given me the chance to notice the very different behavior. The lang hive is still calm and I noticed bright pollen being brought in today.

The TBH is still way more active and aggressive. The mass of bees was still in a ball around the queen cage early today, but later today when the sun was directly on the hive, the bees were flying around in a unorganized manor and the mass of bees had dispersed from the queen cage. Didn't notice any pollen being brought in.

Neither hive seems to be consuming much of the sugar syrup provided.

Intalling Packages

I had the pleasure of taking a class and receiving two packages from Don AKA the Fat Bee Man on Saturday.

One of the packages is nice and calm and has pretty amber stripes. This package I installed in the lang hive.

The other package is much darker, maybe more Italian, and from install on has been more aggressive and active. This hive was installed in the TBH.