19 July 2019 - Routine Inspection

Weather warm and partially cloudy. Temperature about 19°C. National Hive 1 - Queenless. Colony very frenzied and skittish. Presence of drones and drone brood. Queen spotted and captured. Left hive without a queen. National Hive 2 - Queen spotted. Laying nicely. No queen cups/cells. Ample stores. Langstroth Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. No eggs and/fresh brood. Ample stores. Langstroth Hive 2 - Queen spotted. Healthy brood observed. Ample food stores. Very gentle colony. No queen cup/cells. Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen not spotted. One sealed queen cell still unhatched. Colony very frenzied and skittish. National Hive 3 - Queen not observed. Fresh eggs and brood observed. Good solid brood layout. National Hive 4 - Captured swarm has established itself nicely building up comb and storing nectar/honey/pollen. Queen not spotted. No eggs/brood observed.