Mid February

Complete Year of Management: Mid February, I cover the steps we take to record hive strengths and begin to feed heavily for brood nest growth as well as adding space where needed.
This series covers an entire year of how we manage our honey bee operation, how we set up our hives, feed bees, kick start the year, split our hives, split hives, produce honey, make Fall splits, create nucs, prepare for Winter and much more
Grading Queens And Using Hive Cards: • Grading Queens And Usi...
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My favorite hive tool:
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Garden Marker that I use to write on hive cards. The ink is very weather resistant and holds up to the elements for years:
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Hive Cards that I place on each hive to keep notes for that hive. I drill a small hole in the top of the cards and pin in place with a push pin:
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Push pins for attaching hive cards to each hive:
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Hole saw bit for drilling holes in hive tops to accommodate wide mouth Mason jar lids:
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Hole saw bit for drilling holes in bucket lids to accommodate tint plugs:
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Cheap but good wood pellets for smoker fuel:
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Inner cover material:
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Wood Preservative that we treat all of our hives with:
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The very best queen marking pens:
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Wax Moth treatment for storing drawn comb:
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Great book by Thomas Seely:
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