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 25C, weather sunny. Time 14:30
Due to concern being raised by the assessor during last weeks BBKA Basic Assessments the SBI inspected all hives in the morning. Fortunately only sacbrood and chalkbrood disease was noted. As a result of the morning disease inspection no brood inspections were carried out with the exception of a check for queen cells in Hive#8. Box manipulations were caried out on Hive#5 and Hive#7. The status of supers was reviewed.
Hive#1
Supers(2)
Top super 2 frames stores.
Bottom super 6 frames stores.
Hive#2
Supers(1+1)
8 frames ripe.
Undersupered with foundation.
Hive#3
Supers(1)
4 frames capped, 1 removed for frame entry to Honey Show.
Hive#4
Supers(2)
New foundation super added on Thursday fully drawn and being filled.
Second super ready.
Hive#5
Brood Chamber (Brood and half)
Deep Brood still not drawn since shook swarm on 1st June so put Shallow Brood Box (Castellated) under Deep.
Bee Temper: 8
Supers(0)
Hive#6
Supers(1+1)
Undersupered with foundation.
Hive#7
Brood Chamber (14x12+Shallow)
14x12 Brood still not drawn since shook swarm on 1st June. Replaced 14x12 foundation Box with Deep foundation Box and put over Shallow Brood Box (Castellated).
Bee Temper: 4
Supers(0)
Hive#8
Brood Chamber (Deep)
Queen (Green 2014) seen.
Sealed/Unsealed and torn down Queen Cells all removed as eggs and laying queen. Inspection of sealed Queen cells revealed dead larvae/pupae.
Bee Temper: 8
Supers (2)
Space available
Nucleus#10
Quiet at entrance but bees in residence.
Summary
9 Stocks (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10)
6 Queenright (not #3, #7, #10)
6 with Marked Queens (not #3, #7, #10)
6 with Supers (not #5, #7, #10)
5 with Marked Queens and Supers (#1. #2, #4, #6, #8)
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