My how the season flies! And the older I get, the faster time seems to go. But here we are in September and the active bee season is essentially at an end. By now, you should have pulled honey supers, evaluated the mite loads in your hives, and done mite treatments.

On weaker hives, or hives with insufficient stored honey, you should be thinking about feeding a 2:1 sugar to water solution to enable the bees to store more.

This month’s club meeting will feature a talk by Dr. Dewey Caron on preparing your hives for winter.  As part of our 50th Anniversary celebration,  Dr. Caron will also regale us with stories about how hive winterization was done 50 years ago.

Happy Beekeeping!   Norm

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