17 April 2022 - Year First Full Inspection

Temperature about 18°C, partly sunny, warm. Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony alive, expanding and food stores ample. Queen laying and spotted. Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony alive and active. Food stores ample. Queen spotted, laying profusely. Langstroth Hive 3 - Colony alive and active. Food stores ample. Queen not spotted. Moved one frame of eggs and open and capped brood to Horizontal Hive 2. Horizontal Hive 1 - Colony alive and active. Food stores ample. Queen spotted, laying generously. Horizontal Hive 2 - Colony alive and active. Food stores ample. Queen not spotted. No eggs or brood. probably swarmed. One sealed queen cell observed and left in-situ. Frame of eggs and open/capped brood brought in from Langstroth Hive 3.