Checked on 21 colonies in between a shower or two and as storms threatened.
Popped a newly hatched Virgin into a nuc that has done little apart from fail to raise a queen, in a cage just in case. Helped another into the nuc she was hatching from and cut out 2 later stage QCs.
So that's 6 nucs mated and laying, 1 waiting to be mated, 1 hoping to be accepted and mated, and 2 small swarms building up well.
The full colonies are still pulling in the nectar, some more than others.
On another note I've secured 2 more out apiaries - one at a garden centre in a field of Christmas trees and another in a wild field with 400 fruit trees in it. Agreed to be able to site up to 10 in both locations.