Fourth day of a three day rain

[Vance G]

Here in this dry country we have received over a third of our average annual rainfall this month and most of that this week.  Not a large number for you folks in gentler lands and I bet it brings on a bumper honey crop. 

Right as the rain began on Monday, I installed a dozen queens in small splits.  I am wondering if acceptance is going to be better or worse with all the bees in forced confinement.  I bet I have no drifing problems! 

[BeeMaster2]

Even better, you will have less chances of the bees abandoning your hives. In three days they will have started to have eggs laid.
Jim

[splitrock]

Yeah, that rain was nasty, relentless even. We had it bad over here too.

I lost ten hives to record flooding on a local creek, and had to move another ten so they didn't suffer the same fate.

[Vance G]

Really sorry to hear that splitrock.  The mountains got more rain and snow here than where I have my bees.  I once had a creek flood one of my yards and float them away on spring melt.