Trust in your bees... they know what they are doing...

So, as it turned out, I really had nothing to worry about my bees not finding their way out.  When I arrived at my humble apiary, I saw the bees clustering at the box hive entrance below.  Bees, after all can find their way back home miles away!

But some bees still insist on using the old entrance...

I checked the hives and still found some wax moth larvae.  I had no choice but to crush them.  The bees did not seem to get as irritated as before and allowed me to do my chores.  The remaining three hives look better (I lost one to wax moth).  I am an amateur, but I think I am correct to say that the colonies are growing.  Though, I still have not seen their queen.  I really need to finish my third hive converter.  One colony is still using the original hive they came in with and it really has no more room for the bees to expand.  If I don't add new suppers soon, the bees might end up swarming again!

There could be a new threat to my colonies.  I heard of news that small hive beetles have already reached our country.  I saw this in one of the hive.  It is several times bigger than what we have in CVSU.  Unfortunately, my photo is so poor I can not use it as reference and I was not able to take a sample with me.  But I do pray this is not a SHB!  I just hope that the increase in bee population will help keep all pests in check.