Inspecting at this time of year?

[Tom Bick]

Visit an apiary and touch the rooves of hives with insulation and the ones with no insulation its quite noticeable the ones with and the ones without.

 

[bramblebee]

It was late
probaly should have stayed in a nuc but was in a smaller hive which holds 9 frames
No insterlation
small amount of stores only (could have been more, and was toped up from another hive)
Also noticed on a late inspection that the queen looked lame
We are in Cambridgeshire

what i would have done different is,
made sure that they had full stores
maybe by adding them from another hive
and insterlate if possible
or keep in a nuc
have lernt a lot over the year and will do lots different in the future
I hope the others will make it they do seem to look good
looking forward to first inspection
but will wait

They were fed over winter but did not take much

 

[frenchbees]

15° yesterday so had a quick check as I was concerned they were filling the brood box with fondant. Lots of space on the couple of frames I lifted so no problem there. No sign of eggs or larvae, but I only checked the frames on the outside to minimise disturbance.
Hopefully more activity in the centre.

 

[MuswellMetro]

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I have the same as Grizzly but I am in no hurry to lift the top off...to take a look.........heat is heat..........and we've had frost the last 2 nights......although 10 degrees during the day.......impatience is a common quality.........wot's the rush Doc..???

roy

agree , i was told only do your first inspect after the clocks go forward i.e when it is British Summer Time, so that this year is 27th March