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September in the Bee Yard
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Continue to make sure your bees are "fed up" with at least 45 lbs of surplus for a colony. |
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Apply those treatments like Formic Acid which can not be applied at higher temperatures |
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If you are feeding with a hive top feeder, you will have to go to another method by the end of September, because when weather gets cooler the bees stop using hive top feeders |
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Consider taking your queen excluders off by the end of the month unless you are one of those that accepts the risks of leaving them on. (queen excluders left on can lead to starvation in cold months) |
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Continue to make sure your hives are queen right. If a hive is queenless, you may not be able to find a queen this time of year. If not, you can combine with a weak hive using the newspaper method |
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Monitor bees to see if any golden rod or aster honey is coming in. If it is you may want to super for it. Remember this honey is not very desirable to most people and turns to sugar very quickly. It should be fed to hives first. |
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Continue to evaluate the past season, make plans for next season and get your orders in early for bees, queens, and equipment |
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Nucs, and weak hives should have the inserts put in place on the screen bottoms by cool weather. Stronger hives will be fine left open |
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As weather cools, start closing down the entrance to the smallest opening. This prevents robbing and keeps mice out |
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(8/26/10 - 10:26PM)
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