24 members attended, the weather was bright with sunny intervals, 15/16C
Hive 1 – Liz Hawes, Anne-C Ballard – WBC double brood, Queen seen, BIAS X 10, stores X 6, sufficient room. Queen excluder & 1 super drawn added. Temper 10! Varroa<2
Hive 1A – David Parkinson – National 14 X 12, Queen not seen, 3 emerged queen cells, polished brood cells, sufficient room & stores, diminished bees, no brood. 1 super. poor temper 2. no varroa.
Hive 2 – Rowan Roberts – National brood & half, Queen not seen, no queen cells, 7 brood BIAS, 1 drawn added to 1/2 brood to encourage queen, 3 stores, sufficient room & stores. 1 super. Temper 7.
Hive3 – Peter Reader – National double brood, Queen seen, no Queen Cells, B1 6 BIAS, 5 stores; B2 8 BIAS, 2 stores, sufficient room & stores. some drones seen. 1 near-empty super. Temper 8.
Hive 4 – Brian Herbert – National brood, Queen seen (R), skinny, no Queen cells, 6 BIAS, some drone in worker brood. sufficient space & stores. 4 supers. Practiced queen marking on drones. Temper 7, deteriorated with pressure change. <1 varroa.
Hive 5 – Richard Williams – National brood, virgin queen seen, no queen cells, 2 frames brood, sufficient stores. 2 supers, 3/4 & 1/4 full. Temper 9. Varroa >15/day but no treatment because of virgin queen. 1 wax moth larvae killed.
Hive 5A – Richard Williams – National nuc, Queen seen & marked Red, no Queen cells, 1 BIAS, new eggs, 2 stores, added 1 more. Temper 9.
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