Preparing Colonies, Hives & Apiaries for Winter. Plus, Mid-winter Colony Checks

Presented by VBA's Fred Putnam and Andrew Munkres

Thursday, September 12, 2024, 7:00 P.M.
 

This workshop will cover the following topics among others:

• The need for healthy bees to care for brood that will be winter bees and winter population decline.
• Does the colony have sufficient food stores? Target hive weights and weighing hives, feeding colonies the fast way, pitfalls to overfeeding.
• Wrapping and insulating - what the science says and ways to do it.
• Windbreaks do's and don'ts.
• Winter electric fence maintenance.
• Winter colony checks - when and how.
• And more