Thursday, 24 July 2025

24 July 2025 Inspection

Temperature 19°C, overcast.


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 but laying. Plenty of nectar and honey storing. Colony progressively increasing.

Langstroth Hive 2 - Hive congested and very active. Nectar storing in full progress. Combined colonies very hyperactive. Unable to properly inspect the colony because of the hyperactivity.

Langstroth Hive 3 - Queen not spotted but laying. Nectar and honey stores in progress. Colony still very active. 


Horizontal Hive 1 - Queen NOT. Nectar and honey stores in progress. Colony active. Pepper pot brood appears to be getting less and less. Numerous queen cells (capped/open). Created another split.


Horizontal Hive 2 -  Nuc from last week still does not seem to have a virgin queen. Added a frame of brood frame with one capped queen cell.

New Split - Added another frame of brood with a capped queen cell to existing split.

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