Temperature 20°C, overcast.
National Hive 2 - Queen not spotted but laying. Nectar and honey stores in progress. Colony very active. Jumbo supper being worked on.
Langstroth Hive 1 - Queen not spotted but laying. Plenty of nectar and honey storing. Colony very active.
Langstroth Hive 2 - Hive congested and very active. Nectar storing in full progress. Combined colonies appear to to have successfully merged. Newspaper barrier chewed open. To check for queen acceptance at next inspection.
Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen not spotted but laying. Nectar and honey stores in progress. Colony very active.
Horizontal Hive 1 - Queen NOT spotted but laying. Nectar and honey stores in progress. Colony active. Pepper pot brood appears to be gettjnv less and less. Numerous queen cells (capped/open). Created a split.
Horizontal Hive 2 - Nuc from last week still does not seem to have a virgin queen. To check in 3 days for progress.
New split from Horizontal Hive 1 - Frame of brood with capped queen cell. To feed with sugar syrup tomorrow.
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