Front Row Seats to Real Hive Management.

Experience a beekeeping season first hand from archived bi-weekly installments. Beginning in the spring, advancing through the summer, and continuing into the fall with techniques for overwintering.

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What You'll Learn:

• In-depth look on how to manage bees
• Guidance on timing, the number 1 thing in beekeeping
• Advice from professionals on keeping the hive healthy
• Pests & disease identification and treatment
• First hand feeding and supplementing
• Overwintering techniques 
• Honey extraction
• Tricks of the trade

Sessions (2022):

1. Introduction
2. Overwintered Hives & Spring Feeding
3. Setting Up New Colonies from Nucs
4. Colony Buildup & Managing Nutrition
5. Splitting Overwintered Hives
6. Varroa Mite Testing and Treatments
7. Prep for the Main Flow & Moving Your Bees
8. Main Flow Hive Management & When to Add Boxes
9. First Honey Pull
10. Second Honey Pull
11. Final Honey Pull
12. Queen Condition & Colony Strength / Fall Feeding & Preparing for Winter
13. How a Hive Should Look Before Winter / What to do if You Have a Weak Colony
14. Wrapping Your Hive
15. Honey Extraction *BONUS
16. Indoor Overwintering *BONUS

Sessions (2023):

1. May Hive Check
2. Splitting Hives
3. Hive Setup Before the Flow

And more from our In The Field Series!