Wilma and Linda led the apiary inspection on 28th June.
Here is Wilma’s report with thanks to Janet for keeping notes.
Hive 2: queen seen and put into bottom brood box. Charged q cell, frame removed and put into queenless hive 3. Brood frames from top brood box put into bottom brood box so hive is now on single brood with one super.
Hive 3: no brood of any description, queenless. So put in the frame from hive 2 with charged q cell. 5 frames in from right hand side.
Hive 4: Yellow marked queen seen. 7 frames brood 11th brood frame added.
Nuc 1 queen not seen, bees calm, larvae seen.
Nuc 2: red queen seen. Brood in all stages.
Nuc 3: queen found and marked starting to lay.
Next visit check nucs for space.