A bee buddy of mine asked me a couple of days ago if the two hives seemed even in numbers, because, he stated that with package bees, after introducing them to the hive bodies, numbers often become lopsided. At that time, it seemed that numbers were about even, per hive. Now, I'm not so sure. I haven't opened the hives in about 4 days but in viewing them at the entrance board, & from underneath, ( I can do this because I have screen bottom boards), there does appear to be a lot less numbers in hive #1. Both hives seem happy & with much purpose, & both are sucking up the sugar water at approx. the same pace, so I'm not that concerned, but I am new at this, so I thought I would put this out for some feed back from the more experienced beekeepers on this site. Thnx, & as always I greatly appreciate your feedback! JP