6 August 2019 - Routine Inspection

6 August 2019 - Routine Inspection Weather warm and cloudy and partly drizzly. Temperature about 15°C. National Hive 1 - Queenless. Colony very frenzied and skittish. Stores in brood super in four/five frames. National Hive 2 - Queen not spotted. Queen laying. One capped queen cell, left in-situ. Ample stores. Langstroth Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. No eggs and/fresh brood. Ample stores in deep supper. 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 (dead pupa) still unhatched destroyed. Colony very frenzied and skittish. National Hive 3 - Not inspected. National Hive 4 - Colony developing well. Queen not spotted. Eggs/brood observed.