Hello Gang,
I hereby submit my plan for hive management for 1999.
Please examine it and write to me with your likes
and dislikes and the reasons why.
After a great deal of reading,
here on the Bee-L as well as in nunerous books,
magazine articles, and medication instructions,
I have devised a plan to manage my apiary next year.
My location is in farm country in the mountains,
elevation 1100 feet.
Spring is wet, both wet snow and rain, then it gets
hot.
Last year Dandilions were in full bloom on May 15,
and Spring in general came early, by 2 weeks or
there about.
I kept temperature records for the whole year.
Durring the weeks from August 15 through September 4 ,
daytime temperatures held in the mid 70's to the mid
80's.
The breed of bee is New World Carniolan.
1999 PLAN BEE
Week # Date Activity
1-4 Jan Check colonies on a warm day
11 Mar,15 Apistan IN
11 Mar.15 Fumidil-B
14 Apr.5 Feed 1:1 syrup and Pollen substitute
15-15-17 Target dates for NUC arrival
17 May,2 Apistan OUT
18 May,3 Reverse Brood chambers
18 May,3 Add Ross Round supers
19 May 15-16 Make splits on the Dandilion flow
27-28 July 5-12 Pull off crop
29-30 New queens arrive and placed in nucs
30 Aug,1 Kill old queens
31 Aug,4 Install nucs with recaged queens
32 Aug,15 Menthol IN
35 Spet.4 Menthol OUT
35 Sept,4 Fumidil-B
39 Oct.2 Apistan IN
47 Nov.27 Apistan OUT
47-48 Thanksgiving weekend, button up for winter.
Grease patties, (not to be confused with extender patties),
will be kept on the top bars all year long.
de AA1IK, Time the accursed enemy of man,
cursed by youth for going to slow
Ernie Gregoire and by the old for going to fast.
R.R. 1, Box 221,
South Rd. Beekeeper
Canaan, NH. 03741 Fly fisher & tier,
Promise Keeper.
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