Over wintering Preparation

Row of wooden beehives covered in winter snow on a wooden stand in an apiary field

With the supers extracted, autumn varroa treatments well underway, and thick 2:1 sugar syrup being taken down, apiary focus shifts entirely to winter survival. Foragers are working the final autumn blooms—such as ivy and late asters—while the queen steadily contracts her brood nest to rear long-lived winter bees.Read More