Through research this winter and preparing my talk for the Wildflowers Women’s Homesteading Conference spring 2026, I came to understand how crucial a pollen supply is for a producing colony, and how the worker bees ration the supply especially in the spring before flowers are blooming and after the flowers have finished blooming in fall. […]
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Spring to-do for your hives
After you’ve found out how many of your honeybee colonies have survived the winter, they need some TLC to start building up strength and you as the beekeeper has many tools and resources at your disposal to help them before the flowers begin growing! Here’s our typical spring schedule at Shalom Apiaries: Products we use […]