September 1st, 2017 Status update
20 hives under the Rausch family jurisdiction
(7 Warre, 12 Langstroth, 1 Top Bar)
Survival rates:
95% (20 of 21) overall summer survival
100% (7 of 7) summer survival of overwintered colonies
90% (9 of 10) summer survival of swarms sourced this season
100% (4 of 4) summer survival of splits made this season
Sources of increase since March:
10 swarms (5 collected, 5 volunteers to bait hives)
4 added from splits
Reasons for decrease:
1 combination–1 new swarm did not present a queen, so I combined it with another swarm
Other notes:
Splits were made from swarm cells and not emergency queens.
Reconciliation:
7 hives at March 2017
+14 hive increase
-1 decrease
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20 colonies in the Rausch apiary on September 1st, 2017