I use a notebook and digital camera in my 4 apiaries. I make a larger column
on the left side of the notebook and there I make notes of what to do next
time. i.e., needs super, feeding, combining, etc. Then at night while I'm
wrapping up the day, I can look over that and make a to do list from it. Then, when
the days go by and the memory fades, I have a cheat sheet to work from.


Kathy Cox, Bloomfield Bees and Bouquets
Northern California, Italian, 40 hives
www.kathycox.frankcox.net

In a message dated 11/1/2004 6:13:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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I have never solved the problem with notebooks that it seems natural to
record the state of each colony  working HIVE BY HIVE (eg H3 needs 3rd super),
whereas to plan the next trip,  I need lists by TASKS  ( eg extra
supers needed on hives H3, H6, y, z..= take total 12 extra supers.) This
implies making notes twice if using a purely manual system - time consuming - so I
trust my memory which then always fails me. Does Bob make HIVE NOTES on site
and then make up TASK LISTS at home later? Or is there a trick?

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