Florida Beekeeping Management for May

Florida Beekeeping Management for May featuring North, Central and South Florida.

Add Supers as needed and split your bees as needed to control from swarming

North Florida Beekeeping Management for May

​1. Continue to inspect for colony maladies, but don't treat for diseases while producing honey
2. Continue swarm control
3. Super as necessary

Blooming Plants 

​1. Palm
2. Gopher Apple
3. Joint Weed
4. Sandhill Prairie Clover
5. Spiderwort/day Flower
​6. Partridge Pea 

​Central Florida Beekeeping Management for May

​1. Continue to inspect for colony maladies but don't treat for diseases while producing honey
2. Continue swarm control
3. Super as necessary

​Blooming Plants 

1. ​Palm
2. Gopher Apple
3. Joint Weed
4. Sandhill Prairie Clover
5. Spiderwort/day Flower

​South Florida Beekeeping Management for May

​1. Continue to remedy colony maladies, especially queen problems
2. Continue swarm control
3. Super as necessary
4. Move bees from orange to other locations 

Blooming Plants 

1. ​Palmetto
2. Mangrove
3. Seagrape
​4. Buttonwood