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.
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