Supering, Nucleus Hives, and Swarm Management Workshop

Name: Supering, Nucleus Hives, and Swarm Management Workshop
Start: 2024-05-25T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-25T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Boulder Knoll Bee Yard, 875 Boulder Rd, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA

Schedule

Sat May 25 2024 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Boulder Knoll Bee Yard, 875 Boulder Rd, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA | Cheshire, CT

This workshop will focus on supering Langstroth hives for honey production, using nucleus hives, and swarm Management.
Many professional beekeepers advocate for nucleus hives to complement their beekeeping operations. Many in CBA have nucleus hives and rely on them to help weaker hives. The nucleus colony is a complete working colony, usually in a five-frame box. This workshop covers the value of establishing nucleus colonies to sustain your apiary rather than relying on the cycle of purchasing packages. We will discuss nucleus colony development and include a demonstration of how you can establish your own.
Supering for honey production will also be demonstrated, along with determining the indications that bees are ready to draw out new foundation and begin storing honey.
Reproductive swarms are evident this time of year with overwintered colonies, so we will identify swarm cells and possibly split some colonies for swarm management.