Nigel and Tony checked the apiary today. They concentrated on the amount of stores each colony had for Winter. All look OK. Apistan treatments were removed. All colonies were very calm.
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Nigel and Tony checked the apiary today. They concentrated on the amount of stores each colony had for Winter. All look OK. Apistan treatments were removed. All colonies were very calm.
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Evan and Tony checked the apiary today. They concentrated on the amount of stores each colony had for Winter. All look OK, so the English feeders were all removed. But the bees were not happy to be disturbed on this pleasant Sunday afternoon.
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John and Tony checked the apiary today. All the colonies have drawn down their syrup and were therefore given some more.
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Kevid led this inspection. It was a session of removing wet supers, treating with Apistand and starting feeding.
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Nigel led this inspection. We had suggested that the Queen was dispatched in Hive 3 owing to the bad temper. But owing to a lack of Drone in other hives this was seen as a risky strategy at this time eof the year.
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Regular inspection completed by Quentin and Tony. Report includes an expaectation of the amount of super/frams we can expect to extract.
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Regular inspections were held. One hive missed as it started to rain. All other hives pretty grumpy.
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H3 had grown to 7 supers, clearer was added so that 4 full supers could be removed to protect from height issues. H3 and H8 are a bit tetchy.
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Tony Ball led this week’s inspection with Quentin and Tony L assisting. H3 has now grown to 7 supers. H3 and H8 are a bit tetchy.
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