Part 1 – Preparing Colonies to Survive Winter – Fall feeding, preventing robbing, Varroa mite control, queen assessment, cullling colonies, & merging colonies
- Sunday, August 30, 2 p.m.
- Boernsen Bees, 779 Spruce St. Ocheyedan, IA – Tour the honey house of a commercial beekeeping operation
Bee Smart Zoom meeting – Thursday, September 24, 7:30 pm. – Understanding the Condensing Hive Concept for Overwintering Bees with Peggy DeSanto. (Note from Tim – I adopted condensing hive management three years ago. I believe it is one of the reasons for a three year overwintering survival rate of 93% on 55 colonies.)
