Regular meeting. Check for swarming. Check if enough empty space in honey supers

Queens Park Queens Park Tennis Courts, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Regular meeting to see if the colonies are swarming.  Also check to make sure there is at least a half box of empty frames in the honey super.  If not, under super.  We are not harvesting until the week of August 15.

Regular Meeting

Queens Park Queens Park Tennis Courts, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Two weeks to go before our final harvest and start of feed and medication.  We will be checking for brood disease and honey stores this week.

Regular Meeting – Fall Preparation Discussion

Queens Park Queens Park Tennis Courts, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

August 15 is the end of the current season and the start of the next season.  What a beekeeper does at this time is essential to ensure colonies survive over winter and are productive the following season.  Check out Module 11 - Fall Preparation in the Education section of this website before coming out this […]