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Hive Mint - Colony Quilt

County:  Grafton

Bee Race:  "Northern Bees"

Source:  Overwintered Colony

Queen:     1st Year

Hive Name:  Mint

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Hive details:

    - 10 Frame Langstroth

    - Wrapped on 12/5/21

    - Stack:  Deep, Deep, Medium

    - Winterization:

         Colony quilt

         Bottom closure board is shortened about 1”

        2" foam insulation inside cover

          bottom entrance : mouse guard (see picture)

          top entrance : None

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Notes:

        - The "middle" sensor  is between screen bottom and slide closure not in hive

        - ignore all data before 12/5 ~ 1pm

        - rewrapped hive on 1/2/2022 with a longer wrap.

        - Winter sun hits apiary from ~11am-3pm

 

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Mint Hive Wrappedweb.jpg

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Sensor location notes:  "Outside hive" is the the woodenware sensor

 "Outside" (pink line) is not from a sensor. It data pulled by broodminder from a weather data site.

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