6th July - Limited Inspections

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 fair, windy. Time 14:30

Due to BBKA Basic Assessments inspections limited to hives 1, 6 & 7.

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)
Top super being filled.
Bottom super being drawn..

General
Bee Temper: 9.

Hive #6
Instructor: BH
Class: General

Deep Brood
Queen (2014)  seen and marked Green.
No Queen Cells
8 frames of brood no drone.
Stores adequate.

Shallow Brood
Queen not seen.
No Queen Cells
8 frames of brood including drone.
Stores adequate.

Supers(1)
8 frames stores capped.
3 frames being filled.

General
Bee Temper: 5

Hive #7
Instructor: BH
Class: General

Deep Brood
Not inspected.

Shallow Brood (Castellated)
5 sealed Queen Cells on test frame. Removed 3 including 1 'black' contents dead and soup-like possible Black Queen Cell virus & Nosema. 2 Queen Cells cells left.

General
Bee Temper: 5

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)