Temperature 26°C, sunny, very hot.
National Hive 2 - Queen not spotted but laying. Nectar and honey stores in progress. Colony still very active. Jumbo super continuing being worked on.
Langstroth Hive 1 - Queen not spotted and no ftesh brood/eggs observed. Nectar and pollen coming in most probable himalayan balsam in small amounts. Colony not as progressive. Two charged queen cells observed, one transferred to Horizontal Hive 1. Another left in-situ.
Langstroth Hive 2 - Hive not as active. Nectar storing in slow progress. Definitely reduced nectar flow. Brood box not inpected. Top super box removed for storage.
Langstroth Hive 3 - Combined with split created four weeks ago. Colony very depleted.
Horizontal Hive 1 - Combined with split from three/four weeks ago. Also added a frame with a charged queen cell from Langstroth Hive 1.
Horizontal Hive 2 - Made redundant.
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