Winter time in Southern Hemishpere
 
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With the ALOES starting to come into flower bees will make use of the winter nectar flow to sustain the hard cold winter on the highveld and elsewhere.

If you do have winter forage available like Eucalyptus and Aloes, consider placing an additional super honey chamber on your existing one to allow for storage of it.

Beekeepers could consider feeding with sugar water, maizena or cut open citrus at feeding stations or internally to assist the bees through the cold winter nights we are currently experiencing.       

Beekeeping this time of year should involve planning for new apiary sites, preparing them and cleaning old unused bee boxes and clearing for firebreaks for example.

Make sure any unused supers and frames you may use are free of wax moth eggs and ants and even wasps.

We recently cleaned out an old uninhabited trap box where Mason Bees had built a home inside. It looked very much like a Swallow's mud home dwelling. Lovely!  

As August approaches, winter should start relinquishing its hold on the country and begin woeing Spring.

Similarly, beekeepers should again make preparations for the coming season. If you are brand new then get hold of a Blue book, or Practical Beekeeping ebook and come on a beginner beekeeping course. That way you are able to take advantage of the coming Spring hitting the ground running.   
         
                                

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