Key dates and log of activities
24/5/25 This hive had a non laying queen. kept threatening to swarm but probably didn’t allow the queen to escape for mating. I have therefore blended in one of the swarms that I picked up. Old Queen removed. hive put on top with all the new bees and a queen and left over night with a semi secure boundary. Then integrated into one hive once the scent of the 2 hives had mixed. They seem to have accepted the new hive though I didn’t see the new queen.
5/5/25 This this colony swarmed on the 5th or 6th. Bees were collected on the 7th and put into the purple hive.
16th Jan 2023: scales on and sensor in. The temperature and humidity sensor didn’t fit in the top of the hive as there was not enough space above the frames below the feeder. I was reluctant to keep the hive open for too long as it was 10 deg outside when I put the sensor in so I allowed it to drop down between the frames.
5th Feb 2023: Sensor removed and mounted onto a frame and inserted. lots of bees on the top so didn’t want to disturb sensor placed on the edge of the frames pointing in towards the centre.