Florida Beekeeping Management for April

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

Add your supers and make your splits

North Florida Beekeeping Management for April

​1) Disease and queen problems should be remedied
2) Make splits/nucs – new queens and packages become available
3) Control Swarming
​4) Add supers, the primary nectar flow begins this month!

Blooming Plants

1. Sweet clover
2. Wild Blueberry
3. Haw
4. Fetterbush
5. Orange 
6. Spanish Needle
7. Galberry 
8. Dog hobble 
9. Dog Hobble 
10. Palmetto 
11. Mexican Clover
12. Blackberry 
13. Butter Mint 
14. Tupelo
15. Swamp Galberry 

Central Florida Beekeeping Management for April

1) Disease and queen problems should be remedied
2) Make splits/nucs – new queens available
3) Control Swarming
​4) Add supers, the nectar flow began in late March 

​Blooming Plants

1. Sweet clover
2. Wild Blueberry
3. Haw
4. Fetterbush
5. Orange 
6. Spanish Needle
7. Galberry 
8. Dog hobble 
9. Mexican Clover
10. Butter Mint 

South Florida Beekeeping Management for April

1) Disease and queen problems should be remedied
2) Make splits/nucs – new queens available
3) Control Swarming
4) Flow began in March – continue to add supers as necessary
​5) Orange blossom honey can be extracted (late Apr)

​Blooming Plants

1. Orange 
2. Spanish Needles
​3. Gallberry 
4. Mexican Clove 
5. Primerose Willow 
6. Smart Weed 
7. Mangroves 
8. Seagrapes 
​9. Buttonwood