Sorry for not introducing myself immediately.
We live in suburban Pittsburgh and ordered two packages for late April plus one for early May (all of them 3 pound Italian).
We plan to use IPM whenever possible and not to use "hard" chemicals unless absolutely necessary.
The bees will be kept in 10 frame mediums with screen bottom boards.
Due to the slow spring this year the two packages for late April were postponed to late May.
Do you think pollen paddies are necessary?
We live in suburban Pittsburgh and ordered two packages for late April plus one for early May (all of them 3 pound Italian).
We plan to use IPM whenever possible and not to use "hard" chemicals unless absolutely necessary.
The bees will be kept in 10 frame mediums with screen bottom boards.
Due to the slow spring this year the two packages for late April were postponed to late May.
Do you think pollen paddies are necessary?