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PDBKA September 2020 Newsletter
September 2020 Newsletter
Apiary report 9th August 2020
Chris Clarks Apiary report. In attendance Rowan Roberts Chris Clark Despite a 09.00 start the temperature was 27 degrees C by the time we left. The bees were very docile. Apart from Richards colony, which only [...]
Apiary report 18th July 2020
Report from Peter Reader Hive 3. Two supers extracted and put back on by Pippa. 14x12 removed. Double brood with lots of bees, queen seen, laying nicely and still with space as brood emerges. Excellent hive. [...]
Apiary report 11th July 2020
July 11th Peter Reader Hive 3. Lots of bees and Queen laying well, bees making space for her to lay. Three supers full, fourth super nearly full. Didn’t have another super so added a 14x12 above [...]
Apiary report 27th June 2020
June 27th Peter Reader. Hive 3. Double brood, 15 frames BIAS. Once again found 2 queen cells that looked like polo mints, see photo. Queen seen, all good. Supers filling up Peter Reader [...]
Apiary report 22nd June 2020
Since our last visit, Pippa has kindly extracted approximately 95lbs of apiary honey from four supers. Graham subsequently returned these to the appropriate colonies for the bees to clean. In view of the continued expansion of [...]