IS IT WINTER IN JULY? Beekeepers need to be thinking ahead to Winter!

摘要

In Antarctica, yes. But here in the temperate area of the United States Winter is far from our minds. (If you are complaining that today is a scorcher, please think back to last Winter - those thoughts may cool you off a bit.) At this time you may have pulled your honey off and your thoughts are that the bees will be just fine until you check on them in early autumn to get them ready for the coming Winter.Actually that colony needs to be thought about during July. Remember that August is the bees' New Year. Depending on your climate, in August your bees will be either producing Winter bees or getting ready to do that. Now just who is going to take care of the Winter Bee Project in August and September? The queen and those bees that are in your hivein July - the field bees bringing in food, the hive bees taking care of brood, and the brood itself - when those become adult bees. Bees are really so efficient. It's the beekeeper who is always running to catch up.