Experimental family of bees after personal control, which showed 6 frames of brood, was expanded with additional body-box, with combs and frames with honey (8 frames in total) and pillows along the edges, which was placed atop of the first body-box. It was assumed, that the strength of the family was sufficient for such a procedure.
But it was
not so. Control, carried out in three
beehives participating in our experiments, after 5 days showed the following
picture - Hive No. 8 - worked perfectly, Hive No. 5 worked perfectly, in
general, even better than No. 8. In both families there was a slight heating of
the brood, almost at the level of background values, and good work on honey
collection. The experimental family differed radically from them. The main job
in the hive was heating of the brood. (Additional heating) The flight of bees was much weaker. It was decided to inspect the family.
In the
process of examination, there was found 9 frames of uneven-aged brood. There
was a lot of sealed brood, which caused the need for heating, because of the
fact, that increment of volume of the hive after installing the second body-box
worsened the temperature conditions in the nest. The second body-box was
removed, and after a few hours the control was repeated in two modes.
In the
Brood Control mode our device showed, that the family intensively work with brood. And this is
understandable - there was a lot of open and sealed brood in the nest. At the
same time, our device, in General State Control mode, showed that the number of
bees that had been engaged in heating of the nest was much less than before, and disengaged bees switched to
the other work inside the hive.
This fact
showed us, that expand of the hive was made too early, or it was better to
place second body-box under the first one...
Thus, the situation was fully understood and corrected, due to
diagnostic, made with the help of Apivox Smart Monitor.
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