Recommendations for prep for winter

It can be hard to spot the mites especially with all the debris from the dead bees.

Read up about monitoring and treatment and do it right. Your new bees will thank you.

https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/HBHC-Guide_Varroa-Interactive-PDF.pdf

You have to be cautious leaving the honey for the nuc - if they aren’t strong enough to defend the whole space you give them, they can get robbed. Make sure you have the entrance reduced and only transfer them into the full sized hive box when they are really full in the nuc.

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