2019 | November Meeting, Winter Hive Prep

Our next meeting is set for Saturday, November 16th, from 10:30am to noon. We plan to talk about important preparations for getting your hives ready for the winter.  We will focus on the key elements: food stores, ventilation, varroa mite treatment and insulation.

Where:  Rainbeau Ridge, 49 David’s Way, Bedford Hills (please park on the farm’s side of the street if there is no more room in the farm’s driveway).

What: We will talk about food stores and honey location within the hive, do an oxalic acid treatment for pre-winter varroa mite control, set up the hive’s ventilation/moisture control and place a wind break behind the hives.

Note: There are several methods that people prefer to use over the winter, so please share the methods that work for you when you join us!

In the meantime, we hope that you are assessing the health of your hives and ensuring you have a good population and good food stores for your honeybees.  (Consider combining hives that are disease-free but perhaps small and feed the hives that are low on food.)