GBKA
Annual Crop Report Survey 2005
GBKA has many years of data and, given climate change and prevalence of bee diseases, such may become very important in the future. However, information from you is needed to ensure that the statistics are up to date.
Last year many more beekeepers returned the form than the previous year, so please complete this years form and keep up the improving trend.
GBKA Annual Crop Survey
October 2004 to October 2005
IF
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR THE INCLINATION/INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE
FORM PLEASE JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS 1&2.
Name &
contact details:
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Branch:
1. No. of years you have kept
bees
. (0 = new to beekeeping this year)
2. How many hives producing a honey crop this year
.Total Honey
crop
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..Lbs
3. Apiary location (nearest village/ town)
.. Grid Ref S
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4. How many different
apiaries do you maintain?
Apiary number
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(An apiary is defined as a long-term location for your
hives not migratory/temporary sites.
Please give separate information for each apiary, large or small, where
this is feasible. Use a separate sheet
for each apiary. If your sites change,
record the year end position. There is
no need to duplicate information covering all your operations. Figures which apply to all sites should be
put on the first sheet only. Please
staple your sheets together. Extra
copies are available from Victoria Logue)
5.
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No. of Colonies Hive type |
October 2004 |
Winter Losses (indicate reasons if known) |
Spring 2005 |
Swarming (record swarms lost & gained separately) |
October 2005 (indicate reasons for increase/ decrease if not swarms) |
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WBC |
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Smith |
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Langstroth |
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Other |
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Nuclei |
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6. Swarms from your hives Date of. Earliest
.. Last
No. collected .
7. Main nectar sources :
Rape Trees/ Gardens Blackberry Lime Field
Beans Clover
(circle known sources only)
Heather Apple/ top fruit Sycamore Willowherb
Hawthorn Dandelion Ivy Other
8. Total Honey crop
extracted:- non-migratory
lb migratory
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.lb. Total
. lb.
9. Best crop from one hive
(heaviest, where known)
. lb.
10. Total weight of dry
sugar fed to apiary in Autumn 2004, lb (or Kg, but make this clear!)
.lb /
Kg.
If no additional feeding
please explain why
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11. No. of colonies yielding
- non-migratory
. migratory
.. Total
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12. Rating for this year's
performance Very poor Average Very
Good
(your overall judgment, circle one only) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
13. Diseases/ Afflictions/ Precautions - indicate number of colonies affected/ treatment given.
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AFB |
EFB |
Nosema |
Acarine |
Chalk Brood |
Varroa |
Other |
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Affected |
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Treated |
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Please return your form either
through your branch secretary or direct by post or email to: Victoria Logue, Whitehall Farmhouse, Sevenhampton,
Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5TL: email: Victoria@wfplants.co.uk:
Phone: 01242-820772
by 1st December 2005. Thank You.