North2 - Winter 24
November 24, 2023 @ 9am (~34F in apiary)
County: Belknap
Town: Gilmanton
Bee Race: Northern - self raised
Source: Split from Sask3
Queen: 2024
Hive Name: North2
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Hive details:
- 10 Frame Langstroth
- Stack: Medium,Medium,Medium,Medium, 1.5" feeding shim
- FACES NORTH
- Winterization:
Cozy with reflectix covering the top so no snow gets in.
upper entrance : 1/2"x3/8" with a wind block
lower entrance : 1/2 oval - 1" x3/8" - on east side
hive stand base wrapped with Reflectix
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Notes:
- 10/20/24 : put in sensors
lots of capped honey
had brood
- 10/21/24 : OAV treatment due to high mite count - even though there was brood
- 11/8/24 @ ~ 1:30pm : wrapped bottom of stand with reflectix, changed to winter entrance reducer
-11/25/24 @ ~1:30 pm: winterized colony, did OA dribble treatment.
reinstalled the box4-north sensor - it is a different sensor so the RH offset has changed.
12/5/2024: 3-4" snow; brush snow off colonies ! 10:30
12/7/2024: 3-4" of snow over night
12/8/2024: - ~ 10am removed ratchet straps - brushed snow off of colonies
about 300 dead bees on snow around colony
12/10/24 - ~7:45am brushed ~ 3" snow off colony
12/11/2024 - very rainy day - starting at 33F --> 50+F
12/18/2024 - colony was dead.
12/27/2024- 1:30pmish broke down dead hive
box 1- no honey/pollen
box2 - 6.5-7 frames capped honey - no pollen
box 3 - 3-4 frames capped honey - but spread across frames - no pollen
box 4 - 7 frames capped honey - no pollen
mite wash - 27 mites in ~ 300 dead bees
all bees were on the bottom board - no obvious Deformed wing.
North Side
East Side
Live Stream
Sensor location notes:
"South" sensors - frame5, 2" from south side woodenware
"North" sensor - frame 5, 2" from north side woodenware
"East" sensor - frame 8, 2" from east side woodenware
"West" sensor - frame 2, 2" from west side woodenware
frames are counted from left to right when facing the front of the colony
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"Outside" (pink line) is not from a sensor. It data pulled by broodminder from a weather data site
