Weighing In - A Chart


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
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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.