Temperature about 18°C, overcast. ☁️
National Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. No eggs/open brood. Definitely queenless. Spotted/haphazard drone brood. Worker layer?
National Hive 2 - Queen observed. Queen spotted and has started laying.
Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony queenless? No eggs/open brood.
Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony very prolific. Queen not spotted. Lots of eggs and open and capped brood. Lots of drone brood and drones. No queen cells. Supers (deep + shallow) being filled with nectar.
Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen not spotted and laying well. No queen cells. Supers slowly being filled with nectar.
Horizontal Hive 1 - Very active colony. Queen spotted. Good nectar storage continuing. Placed QX in situ.
Horizontal Hive 2 - Queenless. Previous capped cell cut open. Presume new virgin queen present.
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