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wilderness

House Bee
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Location
South Oxfordshire
Hive Type
14x12
Number of Hives
4 + 1 nucs
I guess most of us will be doing our first inspections over the next few days. Reports on here suggest the bees are approx a month behind. I wondered what differences, if any, would be noticed between hive type, bee type, location.

So 4 lines ONLY - no ifs or buts or drifting off topic. Full colonies only. If more than 1 hive at a location then an average is OK.

wood or poly
bee type - Buckfast, Carni, AMM, local mongrel, ...
frames of sealed brood per colony
County

Not scientific but might be interesting.
 
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Poly
Buckfast(ish)
4
Leicestershire

Poly
Buckfast(ish)
4
Worcestershire

Wood
Mongrels
3
Worcestershire
 
wood plus polly
Dark bees and mongrels
6
Cambridgeshire
 
wood
Buckfast
3 to 5
Cheshire
 
wood
mongrels
6 (apr 20% centre fill each frame)
Kent
 
Wood
Mongrels
7-9
Kent
 
Wood
Buckfast F1
14 (double brood Nat)
3 - 7 (Commercial)
Northern Dordogne, France
 

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