From: "Bob Harrison" I take notes everytime I *enter* and *leave* a bee
> yard. I also many  times take the notebooks in the house at night to look
> over again to plan the next day"

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? (Like throwing coloured marbles in a bucket to count
extra supers needed, and just weighing the bucket later). Or perhaps every
apiary is treated as just one unit, with all hives being given the same
average treatment?

Robin Dartington

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