Hive Inspection Sheet
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1Hive Inspection Sheet
Puget Sound Beekeepers Association 2/2014
Hive ID_______ Date_____________ Who worked hive: ____________________________
Hive Type: ❏ Langstroth ❏ Top Bar ❏ Warre
Frames per Box: ❏ 8 ❏ 10 ❏ other________
Hive components: #_____Deep Boxes #_______Western #_____Shallow
Hive Temperament
Food Stores:
❏ Calm ❏ Nervous ❏ Aggressive
Honey
Pollen
❏
❏
High (Everywhere)
❏
❏
Average
Saw Queen
❏
❏
❏ No ❏ Yes
Low
❏
❏
(Marked? ❏ No ❏Yes - Color_____________)
Near Brood
Laying pattern
Hive Condition
❏ Beautiful (Solid & Uniform)
❏ Normal
❏ Brace Comb
❏ Excessive Propolis
❏ Mediocre (Little spotty)
❏ Normal odor
❏ Foul odor
❏ Equip. Damage
❏ Poor (Spotty)
Other: __________________________________________________
Eggs seen
Actions Taken:
❏ No ❏ Yes
❏ Fed hive
❏ Added super(s) #____D ____W ___S
❏ Split hive (new hive #______)
Comments:_____________________________
❏ Added Excluder
❏ Requeened
❏ Added Feeder
______________________________________
❏ Swapped brood boxes
Population
Other: __________________________________________________
❏ Heavy ❏ Moderate ❏ Low
Medications
Excessive drone cells
Added
❏ No Yes
❏ Apistan
❏ Formic acid
❏ Crisco patties
Drone Population Estimate:
❏ Terramyacin patties
❏ Low: 30< ❏ Ave.: 30 to 100 ❏ High: 100+
❏ Other: __________________________________
Removed
Queen cells
❏ Apistan
❏ Formic acid
❏ Crisco patties
❏ No ❏ Yes
❏ Terramyacin patties
Along frame bottom: #_______
❏ Other: _______________________________________________
Converted worker cell: #_______
Recommendations:
Disease/Pests
❏ Add supers
❏ Split
❏ Replace Queen
❏ No ❏ Yes
❏ Swarming imminent – needs monitoring
❏ CB ❏ Nosema ❏ Mites ❏ EFB ❏ AFB ❏
❏ Replace Equipment -What: _______________________________
Hive Beetle
Other: ______________________________
Interesting observations:
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