Section 3.2 Inspecting Your Beehive

In this webinar, the 8th in our Academy series, Senior Contributor Ron Lane joins Mark Williams to discuss that wonderful and important time when we are closest to our bees – the hive inspection.

We start with a look at the “why” – making sure you have a specific purpose in mind for each inspection. Then we consider how to assess the productivity of the queen.

We discuss a range of inspection topics such as the avoidance of swarms, dealing with cross comb, splitting a colony, managing hive capacity and the important lessons available after a “deadout”.

Finally, we take a quick look at the more advanced and fascinating topic of rearing your own queens.