Saturday, 29 July 2023

29 July 2023 Inspection

 Temperature about 16°C, overcast. ☁️ 


National Hive 1 - Decommissioned last week. 

National Hive 2 - Now fully combined with Hive 1. Queen spotted and has started laying generously.

Langstroth Hive 1 - Colony queenless still. Capped brood from Horizontal Hive 1 beginning to hatch. No queen cells.

Langstroth Hive 2 - Colony still very prolific. Queen spotted. Lots of eggs and open and capped brood. Lots of drones. No queen cells. Supers (deep + shallows) being filled with nectar.

Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen spotted but laying well. No queen cells. Supers slowly being filled with nectar. 

Horizontal Hive 1 - Very active colony. Queen not spotted. Good nectar storage continuing.

Horizontal Hive 2 - Queenless. Presume new virgin queen present but not spotted. No eggs/brood observed.

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