Fall Flow And Winter Hive Prep

September is a crucial time period to prepare hives for Winter. I talk about what I will be doing throughout this month, including checking for queens in our last Fall splits of the year, condensing hives, checking existing hives for queenright and feeding for Winter stores.
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[@CooperBees]

Always appreciate your strategies and good reminders

[@caz4523]

We are having a pepper flow right now in Florida...

[@Acetop108]

What are those yellow flower plants? Oh, just learned by turning on the subtitles, they're Golden Rods. :)

[@HardAssetsFTW]

Great content - subscribed. God bless you and those bees.

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Thank you and God Bless You

[@beewagyu]

Would have liked to
Have seen you open up
Something.

[@johnmary8439]

are the yellow things on top of each migratory cover plugs? or plastic bottle caps??? Where do you get them?

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

They are hole plugs. I got them from Mann Lake I believe. They only last one season, if that. Not worth buying

[@johnmary8439]

@@ChiltonBeeCompany Thanks for replying

[@jerrymcmahan2855]

Do you take most all honey and feed all winter?

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

I take all honey and will feed as needed by late October