The entrance was still reduced, I forgot about that. In a warm day, the bees did not have enough room to go back in, and were crowding in front of the entrance. I removed the roof and quilt, and the first body. Combs were attaching the first and second body together, so here is what I saw when I removed the first body:
Those are not Wax Moth Larvae, as can be seen in the close up below:
Yep, those are bee larvae. Overall, the hive is doing really good. I found almost no dead bees on the bottom of the hive. There was two blocked out frames in the lower body (for tighter cluster and better insulation), so I removed them and replaced them with frames. Here are the bees that came off of those frames:
The smoker got all those bees to fly off and go back into the hive. They were helped by the fanners visible on the pic below. A few foragers are also visible, carrying their load of pollen.
The hive appears strong. No traces of wax moth, no visible queen cells, I think I arrived on time. I added two supers at the bottom, the hive now has 5 mediums. Seeing how strong it is compared to my newly hived packages, I hope to have a good harvest this year.
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