To follow the EFB “lockdown” to the letter, we had to leave all the record sheets in the container so a rough guide from memory (known to be unreliable ).
Hive #1 Not checked as poss Qc / Virgin Queen.
Hive #2 Checked and QS, BAS with new eggs. lots of play cups taken down but none charged. top super full ready to take off when we can.
Hive #3 Culled
Hive#4 Checked and all OK. Top 2 supers full, 3rd filling.
Hive#5 Not checked as poss Virgin Queen.
Hive #6 Checked and QS , BAS and eggs, 6 Qc’s some sealed, another Nuc made up from a frame with two nice Qc’s on , along with a frame of brood and a frame of stores. The remaining Qc’s were taken down. Very nice tempered colony.
Hive #7 Not Checked as poss VQ.
Hive #7A Not checked as poss VQ.
Hive #8 Not checked as poss VQ.
Hive #9 Warre Hive – Culled as a precaution, due to being a very small colony and thought to be more susceptible to EFB and not making up.
Hive#10 Top Bar Hive – Also a very small colony and culled as per Warre hive.
Hive #15F Ex Nuc, now in Deep, with super added. building up nicely.
Hive #15H Ex Nuc, also building up, QS. a few playcups, 5f BAS , 1 super – moved another meter towards No3 space.
Nuc #16A From Hive 4, QNS, 2 play cups, waxmoth larva killed. making up nicely, 4f BAS lots of eggs. Temper 10. 2 varroa in 4 weeks.
Nuc #16B From Hive 4, 19/6 left as poss VQ
Nuc #16C From Hive 6 26/6 put into wooden Nuc, furthest from Apiary on stand in ferns,
