1st June - Shook Swarm

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 20C, weather sunny. Time 14:30

Hive #4 not inspected as awaiting establishment of new queen (sealed Queen Cell 11/5).
Hive #6 not inspected as awaiting establishment of new queen (sealed Queen Cell 11/5).
Hive #8 not inspected as awaiting establishment of new queen (sealed Queen Cell 18/5).

Hives #5; #7; #9 subjected to precautionary Shook Swarm after EFB detected in area they came from 2 weeks ago.

Hive #1

Instructor:LH

Class: General

Deep Brood, on grass.

Deep Brood
Queen (Yellow) seen.
No Queen Cells.
Brood seen, few eggs. Empty drawn frame moved next to brood nest.
Stores adequate.

Supers (2)
Stores adequate.

General
Bee Temper: 9.

Nucleus #2
Instructor: NP
Class: General
mating nucleus.

Frames
Queen seen marked Green.
No Queen cells.
1.5 frames brood in good pattern.
0.5 frame stores - low.
Transferred to deep brood box with 6 foundation frames as Hive #2.
 

Hive #3
Instructor: RW
Class: General
Deep Brood.

Deep Brood
Queen seen marked Green.
No Queen Cells.
5 frames brood in all stages.
Low on stores

General
Bee Temper: 10.
Added 11 frame foundation super.
 

Hive #5
Instructor: BD
Class: Improver
14x12.

General
Shook swarmed to deep brood box.
Emerged swarm cells found. Virgin? queen took flight during inspection, Queen excluder beneath brood box removed as consequence.
Very light super returned to hive,

Hive #7
Instructor: BD
Class: Improver
14x12 (Converter)

General
Shook swarmed to 14x12 brood box.
Queen not seen.
Light super returned to hive,

Hive #9
Instructor: BD
Class: Improver
14x12

General
Shook swarmed to 14x12 brood box.
Queen not seen.
Heavy super returned to hive,