Hive #1 – Combined with Hive #6
Hive #2 – Inspected by Brad. 9 frames of brood. Queen found and marked White. 2 QCS – one with dead queen and one with two dead workers. Shortage of room to lay. Consider adding brood frame next week? Added super of drawn comb. Varroa =7 (1 week)
Hive #4 – inspected by Hilary. 8 frames of brood. Query sac brood last week. Some bald brood (1 frame) found but generally a good strong colony. Bottom & middle supers ready to extract. Top super extracted two weeks ago being filled again. Varroa = 7 (1 week)
Hive #5 – inspected by Hilary. Brood + Half. 6 frames of brood in deep. 5 frames of brood in shallow. Small-ish colony but healthy. Bottom super, some capping. Good level of stores in brood shallow. Varroa = 0 (1 week)
Hive # 6 – inspected by Mel. 2 X 14×12. No brood in too deep. Bottom deep not examined as bees angry. Action for next week: Transfer top brood box to bottom; place plastic sheet with small hole over bottom brood box (false floor) and put second brood box on top. Varroa = 0. (1 week)
Hive #7 – inspected by Liz. 2 X deep. Has been united with 16A. 4 frames of brood in bottom deep; 2 frames of brood in top deep. Queen found and marked white. Combined two supers to one. Varroa = 0 (1 week)
Hive #7A- inspected by Liz. 4 X shallows. Brood and stores in top 3 shallows. Bottom shallow empty. Possibly frames of stores to extract from top 3. Varroa = >50 (1 week)
Hive #8 – inspected by Liz. Brood on 8 frames. Super nearly empty. Stores in Brood Box. Varroa = 50 (1 week)
Hive #15F – inspected by Richard. Brood on 6 frames (bas). Bees angry. Top super half full. Most stores in super above brood box. Varroa = 2(1 week)
Hive #15H – inspected by PG. Deep X 2. Queen seen and re-marked mblue. Deep1 not inspected. Brood on 6 frames in Deep2. Super empty. Moved another 3 feet towards Hyive 3 position. Varroa = 15 (1 week)
Hive 16B – inspected by Richard/PG. Nuc transferred to national deep on 24/7. Brood on 5 frames. Queen found and marked white. Drone trap left in as full of stores. Varroa = 2
Hive 16C – inspected by Richard/PG. Nuc created 26 June. Several shallow frames in use so left in. 4 deep frames of foundation swapped for empty shallows. Varroa = 1 (1 week)
