1 May 2022 Inspection

Temperature about 16°C, overcast, warm. Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony expanding steadily. Ample food stores. Queen laying and spotted. Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony active. Food stores ample. Queen not spotted. Brood but eggs not spotted. Langstroth Hive 3 - Colony alive and profuse. Lots of brood. Food stores ample. Queen spotted. Horizontal Hive 1 - Colony alive and profuse. Food stores ample. Queen spotted, laying generously. Horizontal Hive 2 - Colony alive and active. Food stores ample. Queen not spotted. Brood from from frane inserted last inspection. Two capped swarm cells from last week's frame insert left in-situ.