Bee Management on Warm(ish) Winter Days (111)

Honey Bee Obscura Podcast · Feb 2, 2023 · 19m

It's going to be 50 degrees tomorrow. Kim and Jim are going to have to check their bees for the first time this very early spring. So what do they do, how do they examine a colony this time of year way up north?

The beekeepers in the warmer parts of the country are already adding supers, there's pollen coming in and the year has begun, but for those of us up north, there's still a month of winter left. But this 50 degree day is a bonus and we can get in early, check for food, see if the bees are close to food, clean off the bottom board and determine if the weak colonies can be saved.

It's…