A couple of operations carried out today.
The empty super was returned to hive 1 so the bees could clean it out.
Hive 3 (the colony from Houghton Grange) was found to be queenless. There were 3 emergency queen cells. One of these was transfered to hive 5 in exchange for a frame of stores.
Hive 5 The queen has turned drone layer. This means the queen has run out of sperm and the bees did not react to it in time. A Queen cell has been transfered from hive 3.
Hives Hives 1 and 2 have been treated for varroa. 3 and 5 have been left alone until after the queen has been born and mated.
Hive 4 is still a very weak colony and has not been treated. There is no natural mite drop so again I am going to leave them alone for now.
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