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June Beekeeping Tips
Colony inspections should take place at least once a month. If you cannot inspect every one of your colonies, inspect the ones that are not showing much activity outside. If you have just installed a package or a nuc, allow two weeks for the colony to establish before you inspect it.
Nutrition and feed are important once your package bees or nucs
arrive. Provide supers if the brood chambers are full and the population/stores
are growing.
Monitor Varroa mite levels. We have mite treatment: https://www.letitbeeinc.com/.
It is swarm season. If you do not want your bees to swarm, provide
them with plenty of room and check that the colony is not honey bound (meaning
that there iis honey in or around the brood nest effectively restricting the
access of the queen from the other areas where she would lay eggs). Move the
honey combs out of the brood next and into a super if needed.
Keep an eye out for the swarm cells. You may consider splitting
the strongest colonies, particularly if you are looking to grow your operation
or keep nucs in reserve.
Consider adding a queen excluder to manage the honey supers more
easily.
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