Routine Inspection May

21 May 2020 Inspection - Weather warm and partly cloudy. Temperature about 17°C. National Hive 1 - Colony very, very weak, dwindling, close to complete collapse. Queen sighted but presumably not laying. Protein Patties hardly consumed. National Hive 2 - Colony very calm and expanding. Queen not sighted and laying prolificly. Protein Patties taken up well. Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony very calm and not expanding much. Queen sighted. Protein Patties not well taken. Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony very calm and expanding prolificly. Queen sighted and laying. Protein Patties all taken up. Queen cup sighted and destroyed. Increase in drone brood and hatched drones.