What you should be doing at your apiary now:
1) Make sure your swarm traps are placed.
2) Put supers on when the nectar flow starts (when you first see dandelions). This does NOT apply to new packages.
3) Be on the lookout for swarms. Capture them, if you can.
Beekeeping on the web
- Where To Buy Bees
- 18 Varieties of Honey and How to Enjoy Them
- Midwest Master Beekeeper Program
- Illinois State Beekeepers Association
- Scientific Beekeeping
- Beesource
- Illinois Queen Initiative
- Build Your Own Beekeeping Hive and Equipment
- City of Peoria Beekeeping Ordinance
- Varroa Mite Detection and Sampling Video
- Facebook Group
- "Illinois Varroa Mite Project"
- Honeybee Health Coalition – Varroa management
- "Mead Recipe"
- Bringing Up Bees At Home