Sunny, 18/20C. Twenty two attended.
Hive 1 – Anne-C Ballard, Gareth – WBC double brood, 6 BIAS in each chamber. Queen seen, no queen cells. 3 supers: 2 empty, 1 with 7frames. Temper 10. Varroa 3/day.
On 31 May two 5-frame nucs were made up and 2 purchased queens installed. Ten frames foundation replaced the 10 frames removed.
Hive 2 – Rowan Roberts, Ali – National brood & half, B1 8 BIAS 6 stores, 1/2 b 4 BIAS, no queen cells, space. 2 supers, filled frames moved out & empty infilled. Temper 8. Varroa <2.
Hive 3 – Peter Reader, Paul -National double brood, 8BIAS in each chamber, sufficient space & stores. Queen seen, no queen cells. 2 Supers. Temper 7.
6 frames BIAS donated to Rachel & Paul as starter colony.
Hive 4 – (Brian Herbert) Philippa, Janette, Andy – National brood, 8BIAS, 1 space given, 2 stores. Queen seen, 1 ‘supersedure’ cell knocked down, many queen cups. 4 supers. Temper 6. Varroa 3/day.
Hive 5 – Brian Herbert, Grant – National deep, 8BIAS, some ‘pepper-pot’ drone, sufficient stores & space. 3 supers S1 1/4, S2 3/4 some crystallisation, S3 empty. Temper 9. Varroa 3/day.
Queen 96 – Chris Clark – National deep, Queen seen, brood on 2 frames, no queen cells, sufficient room, no stores. 2drawn frames added. 1:1 syrup added. Temper 8
Queen 98 – Graham Rowden – National deep, Queen seen, no queen cells, brood on 2 frames, 1 stores, sufficient space. 2drawn frames added. 1:1 syrup added. Temper 8.
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