NO Slatted Rack, Upper & Lower entrances (Sask3)
County: Belknap
Bee Race: Saskatraz
Source: Overwintered colony (2021 package)
Queen: 2021 queen superceded in August 2022
Hive Name: Sask3
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Hive details:
- 10 Frame Langstroth
- Stack: Medium,Medium,Medium,Medium
- 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"
hive stand base wrapped with Reflectix
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Notes:
- colonies started with top entrance closed by outer cover and lower entrance reduced to ~2.5"
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- 10/29/22 @ ~3:30-3:45pm: flipped inner cover & adjusted top-mid (aka Custom(3)) sensor to be on slot 9. Had found that on some hives the sensors were propping up the inner covers
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- 11/4/22 @ ~ 11:30am: moved outer cover forward to unblock top entrance.
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- 11/9/2022 @ ~10am : wrapped hive stand in reflectix
- 11/11/22 @ 8am: pulled TH sensors from under inner cover -
ignore ALL data from 11/11@8am --> 11/12 @ noon
- 11/12/22@ noon: returned sensors to under inner cover & added shim with weather stripping - total height between 1 1/2"--> 1 3/4" depending on compression of weather stripping
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- 11/17/22@ noon: wrapped colony & reduced entrances
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Live Stream
Sensor location notes:
"Above Lower Brood Box" = box 2, frame 5, 2" from front (south side)
"Custom(1)" = box 2, frame 5, 2" from back (north side)
"Under Inner Cover" = box 4, frame 5, 2" from front (south side)
"Custom(2)" = box 4, frame 5, 2" from back (north side)
"Other" = box 4, frame 7, 2" from east side (Temp only)
"Outside" (pink line) is not from a sensor. It data pulled by broodminder from a weather data site
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frames are counted from left to right when facing the front of the colony