Sunday 9 July 2023

9 July 2023 Inspection

 Temperature about 21°C overcast/sunny.


National Hive 1 - Queen not spotted. No eggs/open brood. Queenless perhaps?

National Hive 2 - Queen observed. No eggs/open brood. Mated?

Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony queenless? No eggs/open brood. 

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 (black) spotted and laying well. No queen cells. Supers being filled with nectar. 

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

Horizontal Hive 2 - Queenless? One massive capped queen cell in-situ.

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