15th June - Fathers Day

Welcome to the Petersfield & District Beekeeper's Apiary Blog for 2014. It is intended to publish here all the activities that take place in the apiary.

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General Apiary
Temperature 18C, weather cloudy. Time 14:30

Potential for holding BBKA Basic Assessments June/July being explored.

Spare Stock
0 x Queen excluders
1 x Deep with frames and foundation
1 x Shallow with 6 frames and foundation.
1 x Open Mesh Floor.
2 x Empty 5 frame Nucleus Boxes
Plenty empty shallow boxes, deep boxes, cover boards and roofs.

Hive #1

Instructor:LH

Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Yellow 2014) seen.
No Queen Cells.
Brood seen, few eggs.
Stores adequate.

Supers (2)
Stores adequate.

General
Bee Temper: 9.

Hive #2
Instructor: TB
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Green 2014) seen.
No Queen cells.
5 frames brood in good pattern.
0.5 frame stores.

Super(1)
4 frames stores from other hives added to foundation over Queen eXcluder.

General
Feed given 12/6 all gone. Feeder removed.
Bee Temper: 10
 

Hive #3
Instructor: TB
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Green 2014) seen.
No Queen Cells.
5 frames brood in all stages.
1 frame of stores.

Supers (1)
Being drawn

General
Feed given 12/6 all gone. feeder removed.
Bee Temper: 8.

Hive #4
Instructor: RW
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Green 2014) seen marking wearing off.
No Queen Cells
5 frames brood.
7 frames stores.

Supers (2)
Top super of undrawn foundation put under super with 7 frames of capped stores.

Bee Temper: 8
 

Hive #5
Instructor: PR
Class: General

14x12 Brood
Test frame introduced last week cleaned out of eggs and larvae. New eggs in place.
Foundation frames not drawn. Shook swarmed 1/6.

Shallow Brood (Castellated)
Queen seen and marked Green (2014).
No Queen Cells.
2 frames stores.

General
Bee Temper: 8
Feed given 12/6 all gone. Needs more feeding.

Hive #6
Instructor: PR
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (2014) not seen.
No Queen Cells
7 frames of brood
No stores.

Shallow Brood
Queen not seen.
No Queen Cells
6 frames of brood
4 frames stores

Supers(1)
4 frames stores.

General
Feed given 12/6 gone, feeder removed.
Bee Temper: 7

Hive #7
Instructor: PR
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen not seen
No Queen Cells
No drawn frames. Shook swarmed 1/6.

Supers (1) Castellated
Equivalent of 8 frames stores.
Removed Queen eXcluder and put in test shallow frame.

General
Bee Temper: 2
Strongly suspect as being Queenless.

Hive #8
Instructor: TB
Class: Novice

Bottom Deep Brood
Queen (Unmarked 2014) seen.
No Queen Cells.
No brood
Adequate stores.

Top Deep Brood
Queen not seen
No Queen Cells.
2 frames brood
6 frames stores.

Supers (2)
0 frames of stores

Bee Temper: 7

Hive #9
Instructor: LH
Class: General

14x12 Brood
Queen not seen.
No Queen Cells.
1 frame with brood.
Only 1 partially drawn frame but bees working. Shook swarmed 1/6.

Supers (1) Castellated
4 Queen Cells removed.
2 frames of stores.
Queen eXcluder removed.

Bee Temper: 8

Summary
9 Stocks
8 Queenright (not #7)
6 with Marked Queens (not #8, #7, #9)
6 with Supers (not #5, #7, #9)
5 with Marked Queens and Supers (#1. #2, #3, #4, #6)