HELLO, YOUNG READERS

摘要

It is the time of year again when you will be carving up turnips and pumpkins, dressing up in weird costumes, and scaring the cat, not to mention stuffing your faces with sweeties.Have you made sure that your bees were well fed, preferably with mostly their own honey stores, before tucking them up for the winter? They should have been treated for varroa as soon as the last honey supers came off. What about all those pests? Have you remembered the mouse guards, and wire netting if you live in green woodpecker country?