Slatted Rack, Lower Entrance Only (Sask1)
County: Belknap
Bee Race: Saskatraz
Source: Overwintered colony (2021 package)
Queen: 2021
Hive Name: Sask1
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Hive details:
- 10 Frame Langstroth
- Stack: Slatted Rack,Medium,Medium,Medium,Medium
- Winterization:
Cozy with reflectix covering the top so no snow gets in.
upper entrance : none
lower entrance : 1.8" x 3/8"
hive stand base wrapped with Reflectix
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Notes:
- colony started with upper entrance blocked by outer cover and ~ 2.5" lower entrance.
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- 10/29/22 @ ~3:30-3:45pm: flipped inner cover & adjusted top-mid (aka Custom(3)) sensor to be on slot 9. Had found that on some hives the sensors were propping up the inner covers
- 11/9/2022 @ ~10am : wrapped hive stand in reflectix
- 11/11/22 @ 8am: pulled TH sensors from under inner cover -
ignore ALL data from 11/11@8am --> 11/12 @ noon
- 11/12/22@ noon: returned sensors to under inner cover & added shim with weather stripping - total height between 1 1/2"--> 1 3/4" depending on compression of weather stripping
- 11/17/22@ noon : wrapped colony & reduced entrances
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Live Stream
Sensor location notes:
"Above Lower Brood Box" = box 2, frame 5, 2" from front (south side)
"Custom(1)" = box 2, frame 5, 2" from back (north side)
"Under Inner Cover" = box 4, frame 5, 2" from front (south side)
"Custom(2)" = box 4, frame 5, 2" from back (north side)
"Other" = box 4, frame 7, 2" from east side
"Outside" (pink line) is not from a sensor. It data pulled by broodminder from a weather data site
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frames are counted from left to right when facing the front of the colony