Saturday 17 June 2023

17 June 2023 Inspection

 

Inspection

 Temperature about 20°C overcas/rainy.


National Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. A couple uncapped swarm cells. Removed.

National Hive 2 - Two capped  swarm  cells in-situ. Fed 1.5litres sugar syrup. 

Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony very active in almost swarm mode. Queen not spotted. Numerous queen cells capped/uncapped, all destroyed. 

Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony very prolific. Queen spotted. Lots of drone brood and drones. No queen cells. Supers (deep + shallow) being filled with nectar.

 Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen laying well. No queen cells. Queen not spotted.

Horizontal Hive 1 - Very active colony. Queen spotted. Good nectar storage. 

Horizontal Hive 2 - Colony still very slow in progress. Queen cell uncapped destroyed. Queen spotted.

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