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What actions should you plan throughout the season to promote the health of your colonies and anticipate challenges?

Anticipation is one of the keys to the success of your colonies throughout the season. To enhance colony health and anticipate challenges, you perform regular inspections, feed your bees, control parasite presence, tend to your queens, manage swarming, prepare for wintering, ... and most importantly, you stay informed about best practices, advice, and insights from other beekeepers.

So many tasks, efforts, and attention are required for the management and conservation of your colonies. It's with this in mind that we offer you these articles, to support you.

Preparing for Winter : The Keys to Ensuring Honeybee Colony Survival

18 November 2025

Behind the scenes of Véto-pharma’s experimental apiary

17 June 2025

Honey bee colony starvation during the season

15 May 2025

Swarm Management in Spring

12 May 2025

Discover Véto-pharma’s Beekeeping Tips and Tricks

by Véto-pharma
29 January 2021

Phil Craft is a beekeeper, former bee inspector in Kentucky, and the technical advisor for Véto-pharma in the United States. In this article, Phil explains why Spring hive checks are

Zombee Night Flight – Food for Thought

by Véto-pharma
7 December 2020

Each and every year recently, the media runs a story about Zombees (Zombie honey bees) as it alluringly mystifies the Halloween and the Day of the Dead experience. Many of

The robbing event, by Freddy Proni

by Véto-pharma
5 August 2020

“It is like an Ocean’s Eleven plan, where a curious member of the honey bee social team discovers a protected vault of liquid gold in the area. This brave forager

The Queen Castle, by Freddy Proni

by Véto-pharma
18 May 2020

A queen castle is a piece of beekeeping equipment that is a single unit but with multiple compartments nestled together where the compartments are separate.

The Summer “Split Decision”, by Freddy Proni

by Véto-pharma
8 July 2019

Summer months are an exciting time as we watch our bees flourish, our hives grow in skyscraper style, and we anticipate the sweet rewards of our hard labor. Months of

5 questions to guide you in deciding if your bees are ready for winter

by Véto-pharma
16 October 2018

Phil Craft, our technical advisor in the U.S.A., is the former Kentucky State Apiarist, and an occasional contributor to Bee Culture magazine.

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