Hive Sask2 - PolyStyrene
County: Belknap
Bee Race: Saskatraz
Source: 2021 Package
Queen: 1st Year
Hive Name: Sask2
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Hive details:
- 10 Frame Langstroth
- Wrapped on 11/4/21
- Stack: Medium,Medium,Medium,Medium
- Winterization:
1/2" Polystyrene wrapped with dark green marine vinyl.
closed bottom board with 1/2" polystyrene &
wrapped hive stand with reflectix
3" foam board insulation on top of inner cover
bottom entrance : 1" x 1/4"
top entrance : 1/4"x1/4"
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Notes:
- sensor "outside hive" is the one between the wrap & woodenware
- sensor "above lower broodbox" is above box 2 in stack.
- ignore all data before 11/4 data for sensor "outside the hive"
- candyboard added on 12/16/21. Candyboard is same as Sask1 & Ital1
except that I used weatherstripping instead of Reflectix
- 12/17/21 - bees flying and using both entrances.
- colony gets direct sun from ~8:30-2:45 in the winter
- 1/12/22 - candy board had mostly been consumed.
added ~ 1.25 lbs sugar bricks on north side of candy board because
bees were covering almost all of the candy board, front to back, left
to right
- 2/3/22 - bees flying @ 1pm using upper entrance
- 2/10/22 - no bricks left, added 2-10oz sugar bricks on south side
- 2/23/22 - no bricks, add ~10 oz on north side; cleansing flights using both entrances
- 3/2/22 - no bricks left, added 1/2 global pollen patty on south side; ~8 oz brick on north side
- 3/10/22 - sunny, fully opened top entrance during the day (closed after 5pm). bees using both entrances. added another 1/2 pollen patty and 8 oz brick.
- 3/11/22 - cloudy/filtered sun. Opened upper entrance during the day - bees using both entrances
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Live Stream
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.