6.4 Hive Check

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6.4 Hive Check

An important part of fall management is preparing the hive for winter by doing a hive check. Going into winter, honey stores should be adequate and positioned above the brood nest. Hives should be well ventilated yet protected from winter winds and mice.

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Inside the Hive

Before preparing the outside of the hive, you should do a couple of things inside the hive, if you haven't already:

Remove surplus honey, partially filled honey supers, or empty supers when the honey flow ends or after a killing frost.

Remove any queen excluders before winter so that the queen can move upward with the rest of the cluster as the months progress.

Remove all extra equipment.