Temperature: 21 Present: Andrew, Faye Traffic at Entrance: High Bees Bringing in Pollen: Yes Eggs: Not spotted (cloudy) Open Brood: Yes Sealed Brood: Yes, 5 frames Open Nectar: Yes Capped Honey: Yes, 9 frames Queen Spotted? No Queen Cells: No Drones: One spotted Temperament: Calm Disease: One ?small hive beetle/?earwig in beetle trap Comments: Top box full of capped honey. Lots of bees and plenty of brood. More than enough stores for winter. If anything we could extract another 4 frames, although now will leave well alone. Action Needed? Take inventory and plan split for start of next season. |
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