When you travel around the United States you will encounter several different climates. The eastern part has a wide band of a temperate climate - cold Winter with some snow, mild Spring full of flowers, hot Summer, pleasant Autumn, all with moderate rainfall. Here is an ideal climate for our bees. The queen has a rest in early Winter; Spring produces great honey crops but the urge to swarm is present; Summer brings honey harvest and Autumn flowers allow the bees to stock Winter food. The beekeepers'Spring season is the busiest time of the beekeeping year. So many tasks need to be done during April and May plus the flower and vegetable gardens are demanding some of our precious time. Birds are nesting and want full bird feeders; humming birds are returning north and searching for nest places near our syrup feeders. Bears are hungry from their Winter sleep - is your apiary bear fence in good shape? Those two-year old males that Mama Bear just tossed out may well encounter your beeyard in their wanderings for their own territory.
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