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Yearly Calendar of What to do
January
 -Catch up on reading
-Repair equipment
-Get equipment ready
February
-Catch up on reading
-Repair equipment
-Get equipment ready
March
 -Check for Winter damage on first warm day (weather permitting)
-Start feeding (1-1 syrup ratio)
-Apply any medications (like Honey Bee Healthy)
April
 -Check for Winter damage if you couldn't in March (weather permitting)
-Remove an winterizing materials
-Remove any dead colonies and clean the hive for a new colony
-Continue feeding (1-1 ratio)
May
-Check all frames to determine colony condition from the Winter
-Requeen if needed
-Clean bottom board
-Switch hive bodies if needed
June
 -Check for swarming
-Add supers as needed
-Remove any medication
July
 -Add supers as needed
August
-Harvest honey
September
-Remove supers
-Feed (2-1 ratio)
-Apply medications if needed
October
-Remove any remianing supers
-Feed (2-1 raio)
-Apply medications if needed
November
 -Ensure adequate honey stores for winter
-Winterize
December
-Catch up on reading
-Repair equipment
-Get equipment ready