A beekeeper or apiarist has different jobs in each season. During winter, there's not a huge amount to do with the hives if you already did all of the correct things in late summer and fall. But you still need to keep your sight on mites. Count for mites in sticky-board for a few days and treat them when obligatory and take away the chemical strip after 6 weeks. In the winter, you can decide the quantity of hives you would wish for the next year and the quantity of bees to make a robust colony.
In spring, food stores must be checked every week. The brood should invariably be kept in the bottom by reversing the supers every fortnight. Add a third super when the population begins to grow again. Avoid swarming by changing the queen with a younger one.
During summer, the honey should be removed as quick as possible before hive beetles ruin them. But leave enough honey for the month of July and August when the nectar is few. If you see Varroa mites, you must treat them at once to maintain a good colony for a more fall honey flow. In order to be prepared for the autumn season, you need to begin preparing frames and super.
It is recommended to have ten or perhaps more frames of bees during fall. Half full frames are mixed with other hives. In early fall, there should be plenty of food stores and three to four frames is good. Feed the queen with syrup if there's not too much egg-laying by mid September. In preparation for winter, the supers should be prepared.
It is very important for a beekeeper to be aware of the seasonal cycles of beekeeping. The activity of honeybees differs each season. Seasonal change in weather pattern is affecting the flourishing of plants and nectar flow. Let us take a better look at the honeybees ' activities in the four seasons.
In spring, food stores must be checked every week. The brood should invariably be kept in the bottom by reversing the supers every fortnight. Add a third super when the population begins to grow again. Avoid swarming by changing the queen with a younger one.
During summer, the honey should be removed as quick as possible before hive beetles ruin them. But leave enough honey for the month of July and August when the nectar is few. If you see Varroa mites, you must treat them at once to maintain a good colony for a more fall honey flow. In order to be prepared for the autumn season, you need to begin preparing frames and super.
It is recommended to have ten or perhaps more frames of bees during fall. Half full frames are mixed with other hives. In early fall, there should be plenty of food stores and three to four frames is good. Feed the queen with syrup if there's not too much egg-laying by mid September. In preparation for winter, the supers should be prepared.
It is very important for a beekeeper to be aware of the seasonal cycles of beekeeping. The activity of honeybees differs each season. Seasonal change in weather pattern is affecting the flourishing of plants and nectar flow. Let us take a better look at the honeybees ' activities in the four seasons.
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