Blue Wood Hive – Station D

 

Now with a swarm from the primary school.

 

Key dates and log of activities

28/06/25 Colony installed. HUGE swarm from the primary school. Inserted into the hive with 5 frames of bees. The swarm had been on the frames for 2 days and had already laid some eggs. Figured it would be silly to put them into a poly nuc for a week or two and then transfer them to the hive when i had a hive spare and not a poly nuc. They were strangely well behaved as they were horrible 2 days ago when I collected them as a swarm.

Queen QC Brood Stores Room Health Varroa Temper Feed Supers +/- Weather
Green* x 0 0 10 good x 2 x x good

I cannot seem to find the hive heart anywhere. I thought it was inside the purple wood hive but there doesn't seem to be a heart there either.

18/5/25 Currently empty. Awaiting a swarm or a split to grow.

Queen QC Brood Stores Room Health Varroa Temper Feed Supers +/- Weather

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