May
3

Weekly Inspection – 3rd May

Observations:

Weather: very warm with temperatures between 18ºC – 22ºC. Set to get a bit cooler

Forage: Still a lot of blooms around – Chesnut, dandelion, lilac and hawthorn.

Started to re-organise the colonies and picked up a small swarm. Some of the colonies have been expanding really quickly and have had to add more supers as well as move some of the nucs into full size hives. Starting to get ready for further splits as new queens are sure 0n 14th May.

Hive Record
Colony
Q
BIAS
Brood
Stores
CommentNext Inspection
AquaYY5 frames of BIAS, expanded really quicklyplenty in brood frameswas Cyan queen and moved into full size boxcheck on expansion
BlueNN5 capped frames, plus queen hatched outSuoers: 2 full and starting to work 3rdBringing in lots of nectarcheck for eggs and if I can spot the queen
CyanNN5 frames of capped brood, lots of QCs - taken down to 1 and given 1 to DenimSupers; 3/4 and 1/2 fullLots of bees in 2 brood boxescheck for emerged queen and decide on splitting
DenimNNNo brood left, had torn down QC so gave a new one from Cyanplenty in backfilled brood framesNot sure if queenrightchecked if queen has emerged
EmeraldYY3 frames of BIAS and lots of eggs.plenty in brood framesadded 5th framecheck on expansion and possible move to full size box
FlaxNY7 frames of BIAS, not much laying spaceSupers: 3/4 and about 3KG, added 3rd because of space in brood boxadded 2nd brood box ahead of splittingcheck on brood and how to split
GreenNY5 frames of BIAS, lot of eggs. Has expanded really quicklyplenty in brood framesgave 1 frame to Denim as test frame, added 4 frames to make 11check on expansion
HoneydewYY7 frames of BIAS, but not much open brood. Lots of beesSupers: 3/4 full so added 2ndcheck on swarming as lots of play cups,decide on how to split
IndigoYNQueen has emerged from grafted Cyan cellA lot in the brood box (backfilled)may need super to create laying spacecheck on eggs and laying space