It takes preparation to get to the Olympics. Are your bees going to the Olympics this year?
Time is short. Will you be ready? Have you coached them up and prepared them for the adventure of the spring nectar flow? Are they building strength in population? Are they healthy? Is their mite count 1% or less? Is your equipment ready?
It takes approximately 6 weeks to prepare a bee population of sufficient size to fully capitalize on the nectar flow. The time to stimulate that increase is now. It is time to do everything you possibly can to get your bees healthy and increase their populations. The saying is, “build your bees before the flow, not on the flow.”
One either prepares before the nectar flow begins or one stays behind the entire spring. Nature does not wait for the procrastinator.
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Reblogged this on The Walrus and the Honeybee and commented:
Sassafrasbeefarm has a great beekeeping blog & here’s a sample 🙂
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As a new beek, this is a helpful post. Thank you! I think I’m ahead of the flow and ready. We’ll see!
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