The Apiary session took place on a hot sunny afternoon, 24C and calm. All hives are National Single Brood unless otherwise stated.
Hive 1 – inspected by Anne-Chantal Ballard & Caroline Sedgwick – National Brood & half, Queen seen. Brood 7 BIAS, an increase of 1 on last inspection; half brood 6 BIAS, an increase of 2.5 on last inspection. 5 stores in 1/2 brood. Very little space to expand. QE and super with 10 drawn frames added. Temper 8.
Hive 2 – inspected by Peter Reader – Queen seen, 8 frames BIAS, an increase of 1 on last inspection, good pattern, sufficient room & stores. 2 supers, lower half full. Temper 9.
Hive 3 – inspected by Hilary Hayward, Mel Espin & Jonathan Turk – 5 BIAS, an increase of 0.5 on last inspection, sufficient room, 2 stores. 2 supers partly filled with uncapped stores. High varroa. Temper 8.
Hive 4A – inspected by Peter Reader – 4.5 BIAS, good pattern, an increase of 0.5 on last inspection, sufficient room, 0.5 frames stores. Keep feeding. Temper 9.
Hive 5 – inspected by JT – 3.5 BIAS, an increase of 1.5 on last inspection, sufficient room, 3.5 stores, 1 super. Small colony, 5 frames bees, reduce to Nuc for winter. Feeding sugar syrup. Temper 10
Hive 5B – inspected by David Parkinson – (Hive 5A combined on last inspection). Removed newspaper remnants & rationalised brood to one Deep. 5 BIAS, a decrease of 1 on last inspection. Sufficient room & stores. 1 super. Empty 5A brood over crown board. Temper 4, no smoke used.
Hive 5C – inspected by Richard Williamson – Queen seen, 5 BIAS an increase of 1 on previous inspection, healthy, sufficient room & stores. Temper 5.
Hive 6 – inspected by David Parkinson – Queen seen, 4 BIAS, as last inspection, healthy, sufficient room, 4 stores in brood, 2 in super. Temper 5, no smoke
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