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HIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - SUMMER

June

• Inspect weekly.
• Continue to check for queen cells.
• Rear queens if you prefer your own stock.
• Check colonies for disease.
• Remove comb honey supers when properly sealed.
• Provide plenty of super space.
• Control swarming.
• Capture swarms.
• Replace defective combs with full sheets of foundation.

July 

• Remove comb honey supers when properly sealed.
• Check for queen cells.
• Add sufficient super space for Sourwood .
• Check mite levels.
• Remove and extract early season honey crop.
• Freeze comb honey to prevent wax moth damage.
• Inspect colonies ,look for presence of queen and new brood,remove queen cells,check for mites,congestion in the hive,remove burr comb and the bees should be making plenty of stores this year.
  
  

August

• Remove and extract summer honey crop.
• Please leave the bees sufficient winter stores.
• Remove section supers.
• Do not work bees unless necessary to avoid robbing.
• Add more space if needed.

Credits: 

• MAAREC  Summary of Management Practices Around the Calendar     (From Fundamentals of Beekeeping
• MAAREC  Early Spring Management
• Beekeeping for Dummies  by Howland Blackiston
• Guide to Beekeeping in West Virginia