Hive 02 [France, Brittany]

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Empty hive placed at 3 meters above ground level to attract a swarm.
Entrance facing south-east.

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I detached the empty hive, as there are no more swarms to expect this year.

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Empty hive attached to a tree .
Mixture of wax/propolis applied outside around the hive entrance to attract a swarm.

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The still empty hive was brought to a new place and package bees from a local beekeeper were put into it. Red queen from 2018. Candi (1 kg) was placed on the bootom of the hive.

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Four days later, bees are still in the hive.

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The hive is exposed to full sun in the afternoon of a hot day. Bees are clustering around the hive entrance. Bees also ventilate on the outer wall of the hive.

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Bees are clustering outside the the hive in the late afternoon of a hot day at 36 °C.
The hive gets sun in the afternoon.

An Asian hornet was flying away with a bee it had captures just before I arrived.
There is an European honet beneath the hive at the beginning of the video, as well as some flies.

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Up to 2 Asian hornets and 1 European hornet are chasing bees at the same time next to the hive entrance.

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Aeral view of hive 02, hive 05 and hive 06.

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The colony is still alive : forage activity (including pollen).
I observed a asian hornet that crawled around the hive entrance and finally catched a bee while still walking (not by stationary flight as usual).