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June In The Hive

This month is much like May, except the

hive will have more bees. The honey and pollen

flows continue. The days are long enough that

the bees can fly for 14 to 16 hours a day, and

they will.

There is now plenty of drone brood, which

is ideal for varroa reproduction. It’s too early to

treat for varroa, but it’s good to look for these

mites by uncapping and examining the capped

drone brood cells. (See the KSU publication

“The Varroa Mite: an external parasite of honey

bees”.)

Beekeeper Chores

Inspect the hive weekly if possible. Provide

extra honey supers as needed. Watch for queen

cells and destroy all that you find. The brood

should now fill many of the frames of two hive

bodies. An overcrowded brood nest can stimulate

swarming. To provide space you can spread the

brood frames apart, and insert one or two empty

frames. It’s warm enough now that there is no danger

of chilling the brood. The queen is looking for empty

cells all the time, and she will quickly fill these frames

with eggs.

If you are going to increase the number of

hives you have by making divides, May or June

is the time to