Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar: January

Recommendations for your Florida apiary in January:

January Florida Beekeeping Management

This beekeeping calendar is a tool for all beekeepers in Florida, small scale to commercial operations. This calendar is meant to be a reference point for beekeeping management and is not comprehensive. The check-list can be used to identify management issues or concerns in the apiary. Understanding the plants blooming in your area can help to identify the nectar and pollen resources available to your bees. To learn more about honey bees and beekeeping management, visit www.ufhoneybee.com

A yearly beekeeping management calendar can be found here

Additional resources:

Tools for Varroa Management

Varroa Sampling Methods (video)

The Benefits of Pollen to Honey Bees

How to Quantify Nosema Spores Infection Rate in Honey Bee Colony

Preserving Woodenware in Beekeeping Operations

Florida Honey Bee Plants

The year-round Beekeeping Management Calendar can be found here: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in848

Originally published December, 2016. Revised and republished December, 2019.
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Posted: January 6, 2021


Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bee, Beekeeping, Beekeeping Calendar, Entomology, Honey Bees, Honeybee, Insects, Management Calendar, Pest Management, UF/IFAS, UFHoneyBee, UFHoneyBeeLab, UFIFASExtension


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