Diagnosis of four families during period of active honey collection.

In the screenshots you can see the result of control of four families of our experimental apiary in the evening after the completion of bees'  flights. The time is approximately 21-00. All families except one were examined personaly. The result is as follows ...





Family 8-1.  Good job on honey collecting. Sealing of honeycombs in a honey super has begun.












Family 5-1  Good job at the honey collection. Sealing of honeycombs in a honey super has begun.











Family 5-2  The work at the honey collection was strong, we saw that the bees flew very well. But the device shows that in the evening work on the processing of honey has greatly weakened. Presumably, the family has a lot of open brood, which took a lot of honey for feeding. Replenishment of honeycombs in honey super is weak. The probability of obtaining marketable honey is reduced. Control of the family and improvement of its condition is required.

Family 8-2  Working at a honey collection is only in the interest of building family strength. There is no marketable honey. In this family, a young queen started laying eggs about 14 days ago. All honey is spent on brood feeding. By the evening, there is no nectar left for processing.