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'''Spring'''<br />You should get the equipment ready for the season. This includes:* sorting combs in boxes, including prepared [[wax foundation frames]]* preparing extra bottom boards, hive bodies, and roofs to make nuclei from swarming and non-swarming colonies* preparing a couple of swarm boxes for [[Catch swarm|catching swarms]]. '''Early Summer:'''<br />For early summer, you should prepare hive boxes with an appropriate number of [[wax foundation frames]]. Additionally, you will need some extra bottom boards, hive roofs, and hive bodies with wax foundation frames for managing swarming colonies. '''Mid Summer'''<br />The drone rearing usually stops in mid-July. The next [[varroa]] control, then, is carried out in [[Formic acid or thymol|August]]. You should prepare materials and equipments for:* harvesting, extracting and storing the honey yield* feeding the honey bee colonies* [[Check varroa level|controlling the varroa mites]] after harvesting. [[Category:Equipment]]