Seventeen attended, 21C humid, overcast.

Hive 1 – Anne C Ballard – National double brood.  Queen seen, no QC’s.  Brood 1 with 9 BIAS, no stores, 1 drawn 3 undrawn.  Brood 2 with 6 BIAS, no stores, sufficient space.  1 super, 9 frames stores.  Wax-makes present, little chalk brood.  Temper 10.

Hive 1b – David Parkinson – National 14 X 12, Queen seen, no QC’s.  3 brood, 3 stores, sufficient room.  Temper 8.  Varroa 0.  Chalk brood some bald brood.

Hive 2 – Rowan Roberts – National brood and half.  No QC’s.  Brood 10 frames BIAS, 1/2 brood 5 frames BIAS.  4 stores sufficient room.  2 supers.  Temper 8.  Varroa 0.

Hive 3 –  Peter Reader – National double brood reduced to single brood, 10 brood having been donated in previous week to make nucs.  Queen seen, no QC’s.  9 frames BIAS.  Sufficient rom & stores.  2 supers.  Temper 8.

Hive 4 – Janette, Andy, Brian Herbert – National deep, no QC’s.  8 brood BIAS, sufficient room & stores.  4 supers.  Temper 6.  Varroa <2 .

Hive 5 – Grant Pearce – National double brood, no QC’s.    Configuration altered placing brood with  3 poor frames & dummy boards below modified ‘Bailey board’ and active brood chamber with 9 frames BIAS, 2 stores, sufficient stores & room.  Original entry closed. 2 Supers.  Temper 7.

Gareth Green Hive – Gareth, Chris Clark, Graham Rowden – National 14 X 12, queen seen, BIAS, stores & space.  1 super.  Rapid feeder added.

Q96 – Graham Rowden, Chris Clark – National brood, Queen seen, no queen cells.  4 frames BIAS, 2 stores, sufficient room & stores.  Frame moved within pollen barrier.  Feeder with 1:1.  Temper 9.

Q98 – Graham Rowden, Chris Clark – National deep, Queen seen, no QC’s, 4 frames BIAS,2 stores, sufficient room.  Feeder with 1:1 added.  Temper 6.