Sunday, June 11, 2006

11th - 30°C

Hot!

Hive L: Two supers removed. New Q found and marked. Starting to lay. A few eggs and lots of royal jelly at the bottom of some cells.

Hive R: One super removed. Q laying well. Q cells removed.

Hive W: One super removed. Almost completed Q cell removed. Two frames of brood moved to top box with artificial Q cell cups each containing a grafted lava.

Hive 4: Q not found but colony relatively quiet so maybe Q is present.

Apidea: Frames building well and first sign of eggs.

Hive 5: New Q found and marked. Starting to lay. A few eggs and lots of royal jelly at the bottom of some cells.

80lbs (36kgs) of OSR honey extracted from four supers.

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