Spring Beehive Cleanup and Setting up Your Apiary

Beekeeping Podcast Hyve Time™: Bee expert interviews and beekeeping news, tips, & discussions.

Mar 23 2022 • 30 mins

Episode 003: Springtime apiary setup and cleanup

I am a week behind on getting this episode out, but for good reason. In this episode, we talk through the steps and best practices for your spring apiary setup or maintenance of it.

What we discuss:

  1. Assess your hives
  2. Inspecting your hives
  3. Clean out your hives that did not survive
  4. Feed your surviving hives
  5. Setup your new hives
  6. Remove winter gear
  7. Installing your new bees
  8. Put a plan together for managing future swarming

Resources-

Instagram photo of the hives with legs- Instagram (follow while you're there)

Youtube Channel- Hyper Hyve

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