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That's actually about the conclusion I'm coming to. I opened up the hive today at the busiest time of day, and even the top super was just about filled with workers building and filling combs. It might just be that I had a bumper crop of bees this year (which probably means my old queen was replaced by a younger, more fertile one) and there isn't physically room in the hive for everyone when nobody's out foraging.

I mean, that explains why they're outside. Not so much what they're doing outside, but half a mystery's better than a full one.