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Latest Hive States

Allotment
Stand
Queen
Brood Box
Inspection Date
Queen Seen
No. of Brood Frames
Type of Brood
No. of Frames of Food
Temper
Notes
23 Fran(Red) Poly 14 By 12 2025-05-31 No 5 Unsealed, Sealed good Moved National frame to the edge. Knocked off drone brood to help control varroa mites.
24 Gwen(Red) Poly 14 By 12 Nuc 2025-05-31 No 4 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed Using as a feeder hive. Have a frame of eggs to hive 25. Has sufficient stores.
25 Queen Cell() Poly 14 By 12 2025-05-31 No 0 Introduced a frame of eggs. Marked the frame. Check next week for queen cells. Some honey in bottom super not much in other Two.
Near Pond
Stand
Queen
Brood Box
Inspection Date
Queen Seen
No. of Brood Frames
Type of Brood
No. of Frames of Food
Temper
Notes
12 Queen Cell() Wooden National 2025-05-25 No Check to see if queen cell had hatched. It had as the cell on the marked frame was now open.
70 Quinta(Green) Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 9 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed Move into a wooden national hive. Tried to keep the brood together. Need to add a second national next week. Added a feeder.
71 Kathleen(Red) Poly National Nuc 2025-05-31 No 2 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed Lots of bees but few stores. So added a feeder. Comb being drawn out.
72 Tammy(Green) Poly National Nuc 2025-05-31 No 2 Eggs, Unsealed 1 good 2 good frames of brood, Needs a feeder. Need a sheet of film with hole in the centre.
73 Rose(Green) Poly National Nuc 2025-05-31 No 1 Still only one frame of brood. No queen cells. Will check again in 1 week. If no change will add a second frame of eggs.
Woodland
Stand
Queen
Brood Box
Inspection Date
Queen Seen
No. of Brood Frames
Type of Brood
No. of Frames of Food
Temper
Notes
7 Queen Cell() Double Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 0 good Still no laying queen do added a frame of eggs from hive 20. Eggs were put in top brood box and frame marked. There were lots of stores. Check for queen cells next week. Super filling up well. Will need a 2nd super next week. Sim to be a production hive.
8 Sophie(Green) Poly National Nuc 2025-04-30 Yes 2 Sealed good Still no improvement . Decided to close the door on it and finish it off.
9 Queen Cell() Double Wooden National 2025-05-25 No Frames of eggs that was added last week contains lots of wren cells. No other brood, lots of honey. Knocked Down most queen cells left 2. Eave for 3 weeks.
10 Vera(Green) Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 4 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed Not progressing. Frames need replacing. Considering a shook swarm or a Bailey comb change.
11 Alice(Blue) Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 3 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed good New laying queen. Got plenty of room and stores in brood box. Super is empty.
20 zoe(Blue) Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 3 Eggs, Unsealed Donated frame of eggs to hive 7. Did not see the queen. Room to lay.
21 Ying(Blue) Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 5 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed good New blue queen laying. Stores in top super. Introduced 4 frames of drawn comb into to bottom super. Move to a double brood box next week.
28 Xia(Green) Wooden National 2025-05-31 No 5 Eggs, Unsealed, Sealed good Did not see the queen. Added 1 frame of stores and the rest foundation. Moved to a National box. Doing OK