I smoked this hive last night. I smoked the entrance well. I let it set for a bit. I then smoked the entrance again, and I smoked under the lid. When I finally went in, they were still very defensive. They appear to be queenright, though.
I found lots of capped and uncapped. The pattern was tight. They had stores around the edges, and had the first box almost full of drawn comb.
Comparing them to my other hives they are crazy little buggers. They would not leave me alone. I closed them up, when finished, and walked 50+yds away. They finally left me after a few minutes. I went back to the beeyard and started on another hive. These girls came after me again (I would hate to see how they acted if I "SCORNED" them LOL). For the next hour there were at least 10 of these bees bouncing off of me.
Maybe they were just reacting more harshly to less nectar sources right now. I will give them more time and see how things go. They work hard, so I really don't wanna requeen. ???