Monday 1 September 2014

31st August - Autumn Varroa Treatment I

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 sunny. Time 14:30

Along with stores status, all hives were treated with the first Apiguard application of the autumn. Apiguard purchased from Thorne's (Stockbridge) 30/8, batch number BN05L0492, expiry date 5/2017. Dried and excess supers removed.

Hive#1
Brood Chamber (Single Deep)
Queen (2014 Yellow) seen.
No Queen Cells
6 frames brood in all stages.
0 frames stores.
Shallow box used as eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted.

Supers(1)
11 frames of stores.

General
Dried super removed.
Entrance reduced with fern.
Bee Temper: 9

Hive#2
Brood Chamber (Single Deep)
Queen (2014 Green) seen.
No Queen Cells.
Brood on 4 frames in all stages.
Stores on 1 frame.
Shallow box used as eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted.

Supers(2-1)
Stores on all frames.

General
Dried super removed.
2nd super removed, frames with nectar donated to hive #3.
Bee Temper: 6

Hive#3
Brood Chamber (Single Deep)
Queen (2014 Green) seen.
No Queen Cells.
Brood on 5 frames in all stages.
Stores on 0 frames.
Shallow box used as eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted.

Supers(1)
7 frames with nectar, added 4 more from Hive #2.

General
Dried super removed.
Bee Temper: 9

Hive#4
Brood Chamber (Single Deep)
Queen (2014 Green) seen.
No Queen Cells.
Brood on 5 frames in all stages.
Stores on 0 frames.
No eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted.

Supers(1)
Stores on 8 frames.

General
Bee Temper: 7

Hive#5
Brood Chamber (Brood and half)
Queen (2014 Green) not seen.
No Queen Cells.
Shallow (Lower) Box:
? frames of brood in all stages.
Deep (Upper) Box:
4 frames of brood in all stages.
0 frames of stores.
Upper and Lower brood boxes switched.
No eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted

Supers(0)

Bee Temper: 8

Hive#6
Brood Chamber (Brood and a Half)
Queen (2014 Green) seen.
No Queen Cells
Shallow Box: Brood on 6 frames in all stages.
Shallow Box: Stores on 5 frames
Deep Box: Brood on 4 frames in all stages.
Deep Box: Stores on 3 frames.
Stores adequate.
Shallow box used as eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted.

Supers(1)
circa 30lbs stores..

Bee Temper: 7

Hive#7
Brood Chamber (Brood and a Half)
Queen (2014 Green) seen.
No Queen Cells
Shallow (Lower) Box:
3 frames of brood.
1 frames stores.
Shallow (Upper) Box:
1 frame brood.
2 frames stores.
Total circa 10lbs stores.

Supers(0)

General
Bee Temper: 7
Needs feeding.

Hive#8
Brood Chamber (Deep)
Queen (Green 2014) seen.
0 Queen Cells.
Brood on 6 frames in all stages.
2 frames of stores.
Shallow box used as eke for Apiguard.
Varroa Board inserted.

Supers (1)

Bee Temper: 9

Summary
8 Stocks Queenright & marked (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)

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