22nd June - Flaming June

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

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

Hive #1

Instructor:LH

Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Yellow 2014) seen.
No Queen Cells.
Brood in all stages and eggs.
Stores adequate.
Foundation frame moved into brood nest.

Supers (2)
No details.

General
Bee Temper: 9.

Hive #2
Instructor: TB
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Green 2014) seen.
No Queen cells.
5 frames brood in all stages including drone.
1.5 frame stores.

Super(1)
5 frames stores.

General
Bee Temper: ?

Hive #3
Instructor: TB
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Green 2014) seen.
10 unsealed Queen Cells. Lack of drawn comb to lay in, added 3 drawn frames and kocked down all Queen Cells.
6 frames brood in all stages.
1 frame of stores.

Supers (1)
Being drawn

General
Bee Temper: 10.

Hive #4
Instructor: RW
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (Green 2014) seen marking wearing off.
No Queen Cells
7 frames brood in all stages and eggs including drone.
7 frames stores.

Supers (2)
Top super with 9 frames of capped stores.
Bottom super not yet drawn.

Bee Temper: 8

Hive #5
Instructor: PR
Class: General

14x12 Brood
Deep frame inpart filled with pollen.
Foundation frames not drawn. Shook swarmed 1/6.

Shallow Brood (Castellated)
Queen seen Green (2014).
No Queen Cells.
6 farmes brood in all stages. No drone brood.
3 frames stores.

General
Bee Temper: 9

Hive #6
Instructor: PR
Class: General

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

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

Supers(1)
4 frames stores.

General
Bee Temper: 8

Hive #7
Instructor: PR
Class: General

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

Shallow Brood (Castellated)
Queen not seen.
No queen cells on test frame inseed last week but young unsealed queen cells elsewhere.
Test frame plus one other frame with brood (4-5 day old larvae).
Equivalent of 6 frames stores.

General
Bee Temper: 6
Possible newly mated queen. Consider test frame next week if required.

Hive #8
Instructor: BD
Class: Novice

Bottom Deep Brood
Queen (Unmarked 2014) not seen.
No Queen Cells.
No brood
Very few stores.

Top Deep Brood
Queen seen and marked Green.
No Queen Cells.
2 frames brood no drone brood.
8 frames stores.

Supers (2)
0 frames of stores

General
Bee Temper: 6
Bottom deep brood removed.

Hive #9
Instructor: TB
Class: General

14x12 Brood
Queen not seen.
No Queen Cells.
2 frames with brood.
1 partially drawn frame. Shook swarmed 1/6.

Shallow Brood Castellated
Queen not seen
No Queen Cells.
Largely full of sealed drone brood.
1 frames of stores.
Queen eXcluder inserted between boxes to confine drones to top shallow box..

Bee Temper: 10

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