Thursday 10 August 2023

10 August 2023 Inspection


 Temperature about 24°C, overcast. ☁️ 

National Hive 1 - Decommissioned.


National Hive 2 - Queen spotted and laying. Sugar syrup feed (2:1).

Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony now queen right. Eggs and brood observed. Queen not spotted. Few frames (deep/shallow) harvested. Sugar syrup feed (2:1).

Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony still very prolific. Queen not spotted. Lots of eggs and open and capped brood. Lots of drones. No queen cells. Supers (deep + shallows) being filled with nectar. Harvested 1 deeper super and 1 shallow super.  Sugar syrup feed (2:1).

Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen spotted but laying. No queen cells. Supers slowly being filled with nectar. Sugar syrup feed (2:1).

Horizontal Hive 1 - Very active colony. Queen spotted. Fair nectar storage continuing. Sugar syrup feed (2:1).

Horizontal Hive 2 -  Queenless. No eggs/brood observed.

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