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General Apiary
Temperature 10C, weather fair. Time 14:30
Due to low temperature inspections restricted to Novice inspection of #4 and Improver inspection of #1. Varroa board on #5 checked and low (1 per day). Board under #8 scraped clean as removed so no reading, reinserted with board inverted.
Hive #1
Hive #1
Instructor: BD
Class: Improver
Brood and half, on grass.
Sealed Queen cells left at last inspection. Plan to make up 2 mating nuclei with Queen Cells and reduce Queen Cells in hive to 2 in order to reduce possibility of casts.
Removed top super - bees populating but no drawing out yet.
Bottom super contained brood and Queen Cells!
Moved QX above shallow brood.
Went through shallow brood put frame with 2 sealed Queen Cells in nuclei with deep brood and stores frame. Removed all other Queen Cells.
Left 2 Queen Cells in deep box (1 on each of first 2 deep frames). Went through rest of deep frames removing Queen cells. Pulled virgin Queen from one Queen Cell put in 2nd nuclei with 2 brood frames and stores frame.
Plenty of stores.
Bee Temper: 9.
Varroa board inserted.
Nucleii located at positions 2 & 3 with grass in entrances.
Sealed Queen cells left at last inspection. Plan to make up 2 mating nuclei with Queen Cells and reduce Queen Cells in hive to 2 in order to reduce possibility of casts.
Removed top super - bees populating but no drawing out yet.
Bottom super contained brood and Queen Cells!
Moved QX above shallow brood.
Went through shallow brood put frame with 2 sealed Queen Cells in nuclei with deep brood and stores frame. Removed all other Queen Cells.
Left 2 Queen Cells in deep box (1 on each of first 2 deep frames). Went through rest of deep frames removing Queen cells. Pulled virgin Queen from one Queen Cell put in 2nd nuclei with 2 brood frames and stores frame.
Plenty of stores.
Bee Temper: 9.
Varroa board inserted.
Nucleii located at positions 2 & 3 with grass in entrances.
Hive #4
Instructor: BD
Class: Novice
Class: Novice
Brood and half, on slab.
Bottom Deep Brood
Bottom Deep Brood
No Queen seen.
No Queen Cells.
5 frames of Brood including no eggs.
1 frame of stores plus brood frame periphery.
2 empty drawn frames.
2 empty drawn frames.
4 frames foundation or partially drawn frames.
Top Shallow Brood
No Queen seen.
No Queen Cells.
4 frames of Brood including no eggs.
2 frames of stores plus brood frame periphery.
1 empty drawn frame.
4 frames of foundation or partially drawn frames.
1 empty drawn frame.
4 frames of foundation or partially drawn frames.
Bee Temper: 9
Queen Excluder replaced right way up.
Super not yet being drawn.
Removed eke and empty fondant container.
Super not yet being drawn.
Removed eke and empty fondant container.
Varroa board checked and low drop (5/6 per day).
Although Queen and eggs not seen young larvae were and no Queen cells.
Although Queen and eggs not seen young larvae were and no Queen cells.
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