February Beekeeping Chores
/February Beekeeping Chores
Time to give bee hives some personality with paint. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)
February Beekeeping Chores
Whether you are a new beekeeper or one with a few years under your bee suit, February continues to be a busy month.
With bees clustered inside hives consuming their hard-earned honey, beekeepers need to be updating their knowledge by attending classes and lectures. And teaching them. If you are in the Rolla, Missouri area we have one opening left for each of our beginning beekeeping class February 26, 2022 and the Second Year Beekeeping class March 26, 2022. Register here.
This is a good time to inventory beekeeping equipment, order what is missing and get those hives painted.
Bees are clustered inside hives staying warm and eating honey or sugar cakes. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)
I’m going to make more sugar cakes in case my girls eat through what they currently have as supplemental food in case they run out of stored honey.
Besides teaching beekeeping classes, this is a good month to attend lectures. There are a good number offered online.
And should you have honey, this is a good month to play with recipes using honey.
I also have a pile of books and magazines to read.
If you are starting your beekeeping journey, pick up a copy of "A Beekeeper's Diary Self-Guide to Keeping Bees 2nd Edition." It’s an excellent reference and guide regardless of what classes you are taking and will help if you can’t get to one.
What Bees Are Doing
As days get longer, the queen bees will start to lay more eggs getting ready for the busy time, the nectar flow.
Bees are also staying warm clustered together keeping the queen cozy.
Bees will consume about 25 pounds of stored honey this month.
