After the swarming season
January 5th, 2010
Be considerate of non-beekeeping neighbors. Choose a site for bee hives that is discrete, sheltered from winds and partially shaded. Honey bees can be kept almost anywhere there are flowering plants that produce nectar and pollen. In autumn, bees concentrate in the lower half of their nest, and during winter they move upward slowly to eat the honey and pollen. After the swarming season, bees concentrate on storing buy honey bees and pollen for winter. One of the daughter queens that was left behind inherits the original colony. Within 24 hours the swarm relocates to the new nest. These bees cluster on some object such as a tree branch while scout bees search for a more permanent nest site – usually a hollow tree or wall void.
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