One of the best things you can do this winter is to watch this video on how you too can start to run a sustainable apiary. It features Mike Palmer of French Hill Apiary, Vermont speaking at the National Honey Show in the UK in 2013. The few second intro gives you a glimpse of how the British judge honey using a torch! Flashlight to us! It's. The Best 57 minutes you will spend. http://youtu.be/nznzpiWEI8A
In addition, here is a great little lesson from the nuc master. View it in 10 minutes or less. There are lots of lessons here on managing overwintered nucs, looking for swarm cells, etc. Just remember- this is September in Vermont when filmed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3QlLUcT2SQ
More videos of Mike Palmer and Billy Davis of Northern VA Sustainable Bee Project found here:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQG9EvyRlErX9qBO1kOjefQ/videos
There's lots more about nucs and PWRBA sustainable work on our website. Start looking here: http://pwrbeekeepers.com/education/sare/