2021 BEEKEEPING CALENDAR

John Welty

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2

3

Fix any equipment that needs repaired

4 5

6 7

9

10 11 12 Feed

fondant or granulated sugar if

warmer weather Permits.

13

15 16

18

19

20 21 22

26

Check out Bee Catalogs for

NEW EQUIPMENT!

28 Make sure hive

entrance is cleared of snow

29

30

TRI-STATE

17

2021

Hap-Bee

New Year ! !

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION January 2021

25

23

8

16

27

1

14

24

31

Treat For Varroa If Weather Permits

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 4 Order your Bee Packages and

NUCS

5

8

9

10 Keep hive

entrance cleared of snow

11

If weather permits check on cluster size. Add frames of honey if

possible. Feed 1:1 Sugar Syrup

13

14

15

Place Pollen Patty on top of top hive

body

17 18

19

21

23

26 27

28

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

VALENTINE’S DAY

12

24

7

22

February 2021

6

Groundhog Day

20 16

25

Treat Hives For Varroa if weather

permits

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6

8 Continue

emergency feeding

9

10 11 Do you have EPI

Pens??

12 13

15

16

17 Place Pollen patty if

necessary

18

19

22

23

24 Open up entrance reducers

SNOW??

Make sure hive entrance is clear of

snow and/bees

29

30

31

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

28

14

25 26 27

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

Set Clocks Forward

21

20

March 2021

SILVER MAPLE

7

Remove Mouse Guards

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Install your bee

packages as soon as possible

2

Feed 1:1 Sugar Syrup

and continue pollen patties

4

5

Spring Nectar Flow Begins

7

8

9 Swarm Season Begins

11 12

Consider Re-queening if weak

brood pattern

13

15

16

Set up swarm traps

19 Peak Queen Activity

Optimum Queen Rearing time

21 22

25 27 28 29 30

DANDELION BRADFORD PEAR

MAGNOLIA

MOUNTAIN ASH

FLOWERING CRAB

3

10

17

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

FRUIT TREES

26

6

20

EASTER

18 23 24

14

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

April 2021

SERVICE BERRY

RED MAPLE

Add honey supers

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

3

4

5

6

Add frames of new foundation for bees

to draw out

7

8

9

Check honey level.

Add supers if necessary

12

14

15

16 Check honey

level. Add supers if

necessary

18 Hang traps for hornets, yellow

jackets

19 20

21 22

24

25

26 27 28 29

DOGWOOD

AUTUMN OLIVE

WILD CHERRY

BLACK LOCUST

BLACKBERRY

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

23

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

TULIP POPLAR

10

BUCKEYE

MEMORIAL DAY

11

Check honey level. Add supers if

necessary

Cinco Bee Mayo

May 2021

18

VIRBUNUM

SPIREA 30

Check Frames for swarm cells

Check your swarm traps

13

17

31

Wv Beekeepers Master Beekeeping

Testing

CATALPA (STOGIE TREE)

CHESTNUT

4

SUMAC

1

LINDEN

(BASSWOOD)

FATHERS DAY

20

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

5 Make Sure your Bees

have a good water source

6 7 Check Honey levels

and add Supers if necessary

9 10 11 12

13 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 Spring Nectar

Flow ends

25 26

27 28

Harvest your Spring Honey

29

30

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

HappyFather’s Day

Best time to make Hive

Splits CATALPA (STOGIE TREE)

SUMAC

LINDEN TREE (BASSWOOD)

CHESTNUT

June 2021

8

4

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

28

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3

4 5

10

Treat hives for varroa if

necessary

12

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21

22

26 Reduce hive entrance to protect from

robbing

28 29 30 31

6 7

INDEPENDENCE DAY

24

ROSE OF SHARON

9

MAKE SURE YOUR

BEES HAVE A GOOD WATER SOURCE

13

25 28

July 2021

11

Harvest honey if you haven't yet

Check Hives for Varroa levels

27

23

8

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

7

8 9 10 11

Re-hang yellow jacket/ hornet traps

for robbers

12 13 14

15 16

Combine weak hives

17

20

Fall Honey Flow Begins

21

22 Last Date for

Mite Treatment

24 26

27

28

29

31

30

JAPANESE KNOTWEED

ASTER GOLDENROD

WINGSTEM

18

30

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPER’S

PICNIC

19

25

28

MILKWEED

August 2021

23

Consider re-queening

Check brood levels and feed if necessary

6

+

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5

7 8 9 Reduce hive

entrance if you haven't yet

To prevent robbing

11

12 13 14 15 16

17

18

19

Fall Nectar Flow Ends

21

22

Remove Honey Supers

23

24 Check weight of

hives. Should have 100+ pounds of

honey

27 Feed 2:1 sugar

syrup if necessary

29 30

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

10

25

6

September 2021

29 28

Harvest fall Honey

20

26

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

4

6

Install skunk guards if

necessary

8 9

10

Install mouse guards

12 13 14

15

16

17 18 19

Raise outer cover

for ventilation

20

22 23

24 25 27 29 30

5

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

HALLOWEEN

21

26

3 7

28

October 2021 TRI-STATE

BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

11

Remove Queen excluder if you use one

31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 Make sure your hive is properly

ventilated

9 10

11

13

14 15 16 17 19

21 Clean and repair equipment and

store for season

22 23 24 25

26 27

28 Assemble any new equipment

29 30

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

MEETING

12

18

20

November 2021

Set up wind breaks if

necessary

Thanksgiving

Clean weeds around hives

VETERAN’S DAY

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

Read up on Beekeeping!

5 6 7 Make sure hive

entrance is cleared from snow and/or

dead bees

9 10 11

Read up on Beekeeping!

12 13 14 16 17 18

Read up on Beekeeping!

19 20 21 23 24

25

26 27 READ !!!

28 29 30 31

TRI-STATE BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION

8

15

22

December 2021

Christmas

READ!!! READ!!! READ!!! READ!!! RELAX !!!