Weather 20 degrees and sunny. New deep foundation frames made – enough for two brood boxes.
Hive #1 – not inspected as colony creating new Queen.
Hive #2 – recently emerged queen seen. 1 capped Queen cell remaining. No eggs or larvae yet. Space for stores but consider adding a super next week. Ideally need to replace old brood frames.
Hive #3 – Last inspected 20 May. Super added. No eggs. Queen not seen. Supercedure cell in the super. Destroyed all but 2 supercedure cells in the brood box – 1 sealed and 1 unsealed. Leave for two more weeks. Wax moth larvae.
Hive #4 – Queen & eggs seen. Added deep above QX to create drawn comb. Top super ready for extraction.
Hive #5 – 4 open, charged Queen cells. No eggs – bees unhappy.
Hive # 6 – 3 queen cells – 1 emerged. 1 removed. Super added.
Hive #7 – Queen seen. Removed dummy board and added new frame. 1 super full.
Hive #7A – 1 x deep. Split from #7 on 13 May. Queen not seen. Several queen cells knocked down. Removed frame with QCs.
Hive #8 – Queen seen. 1 queen cell, knocked down. 5 frames of brood in all stages.
Nuc #2A – 2 queen cells capped. Leave for three weeks.
