September 1st, 2016 status update:
Cutout hive
19 hives under the Rausch family jurisdiction
(10 Warre, 8 Langstroth, 1 Top Bar)
Survival rates:
95% (19 of 20) overall summer survival
100% (6 of 6) summer survival of overwintered colonies
87% (7 of 8) summer survival of swarms sourced this season
100% (4 of 4) summer survival of splits made this season
100% (2 of 2) summer survival of cutout hives
Sources of increase Since March:
10 swarms
4 splits
2 cut outs
Reasons for decrease:
1 new swarm died since spring
1 swarm sold
1 hive gifted away from a spring swarm
0 hives combined
Other notes:
Of the swarms that were placed in my apiary, 3 of them were from known sources of overwintered treatment free colonies.
Splits were made from swarm cells and not emergency queens.
Reconciliation:
6 hives at March 2016
+16 hive increase
-3 decreases
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19 colonies in the Rausch apiary on September 1st, 2016