Wednesday 29 June 2022

29 June 2022 Inspection

Temperature about 18°C, cloudy/rainy, warm. National Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. Eggs/un/capped brood observed. Steady expansion. Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony expanding very generously. Queen laying generously, not spotted. Fed with 1.5l of sugar syrup. Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony very active. No queen spotted. Two open charged queen cells spotted. No eggs/brood observed. Probably queenless unless new virgin queen has not started laying. Fed with 1.5l of sugar syrup. Langstroth Hive 3 - Colony very profuse. Lots of brood. Queen not spotted. Nectar/honey in supers getting consumed. Darth apparently. Small amount of nectar in one super. Fed with 1.5l of sugar syrup. Horizontal Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. Eggs/brood observed. Steadily expanding. Fed with 1.5l of sugar syrup. Horizontal Hive 2 - Queen not spotted. Eggs/brood observed. Steadily expanding. Fed with 1.5l of sugar syrup.

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