It is May, the month that portends how the beekeeping season will go. Here in Southwestern Colorado, we will have dandelion blooming, the apple and pear trees bloom, and it still freezes and snows occasionally. As soon as willow and maple pollen startcoming into the hive in abundance in March, the bees really ramp up their brood production. There isn't much nectar coming in during most of April, and it comes in fits and starts in May. For colonies that were just installed in April or May, feeding sugar water is very important, as it may also be for colonies that have gotten ahead of themselves raising brood without enough stored honey.
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