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.
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):
- Introduction
- Overwintered Hives & Spring Feeding
- Setting Up New Colonies from Nucs
- Colony Buildup & Managing Nutrition
- Splitting Overwintered Hives
- Varroa Mite Testing and Treatments
- Prep for the Main Flow & Moving Your Bees
- Main Flow Hive Management & When to Add Boxes
- First Honey Pull
- Second Honey Pull
- Final Honey Pull
- Queen Condition & Colony Strength / Fall Feeding & Preparing for Winter
- How a Hive Should Look Before Winter / What to do if You Have a Weak Colony
- Wrapping Your Hive
- Honey Extraction *BONUS
- Indoor Overwintering *BONUS
Sessions (2023):
- May Hive Check
- Splitting Hives
- Hive Setup Before the Flow
And more from our In The Field Series!