East Hive | ||
Date | Weight | Comments |
April 16, 2011 | 31.4 | No boil, very calm, but busy. Lots of nectar with filled comb on inside of #2 and throughout with good brood pattern. #9 and #10 still w/o comb |
South Hive | ||
Date | Weight | Comments |
June 20, 2010 | 74 | |
June 26, 2010 | 83 | |
July 5, 2010 | 77.8 | Using new scale. |
July 17, 2010 | 72.1 | |
July 25, 2010 | 67.8 | Took off one frame (-7#) Now at 60.8 |
August 1, 2010 | 60 | Small hive beetles present |
Aug 13, 2010 | 57.3 | |
Aug 21, 2010 | 61.2 | Added two Apistan strips |
Sept. 4, 2010 | 60.3 | |
Oct 2, 2010 | 50.5 | Removed Apistan. No honey build up. Lots of beetles. |
Oct 17, 2010 | 31.2 | Bees absconded. Robbers taking all the honey |
October 24, 2010 | ---- | Drown the hive in bleach water, froze the frames. Waiting for spring. |
April 16, 2011 | 24.3 | Good brood, some new comb on #1,2 and 8-9. Some capped honey, no pests. Full sun. |
North Hive | ||
Date | Weight | Comments |
June 20, 2010 | 72 | |
June 26, 2010 | 74.1 | |
July 5, 2010 | 73.3 | Using new scale. |
July 17, 2010 | 61.2 | Nectar dearth, took the honey super off |
July 25, 2010 | 48.8 | |
Aug 1, 2010 | 46.5 | Small hive beetles present |
Aug 13, 2010 | 52.2 | Put Greenbees oil-filled bottom tray on for beetles. |
Aug 21, 2010 | 48.6 | Added two Apistan strips. |
Sept 4, 2010 | 59.7 | Almost no beetles, took off oil-tray moved it to the South |
Oct 2, 2010 | 53.4 | Removed Apistan |
Oct 17, 2010 | 51.8 | Weight without tray. Put oil-tray back. |
October 24, 2010 | 56.3 | Weight w/o tray. |
Nov 7, 2010 | 44 | Weight w/o tray. Put on boardman feeder. |
November 14, 2010 | 43.8 | Weight w/o tray. Then took off 8.5# empty super (37.3# now) |
December 8, 2011 | 39 | Weight w/o tray but two empty feeders |
Jan. 29, 2011 | 39.0 | Weight w/o tray but two empty feeders |
April 16, 2011 | 36.3 | Very calm. No boil. Two beetles and one moth seen on outter frame. Hive still in shade till mid-morning. |