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Where and How to Buy Bees 27 <br /> Packages and Nucs 27 <br /> Planning to Purchase Bees 28 • <br /> HIVING PACKAGES and NUCS 30 <br /> Preparations 30 <br /> Hiving Package Bees 31 <br /> Transport 31 <br /> Care of the Package After Arrival 31 <br /> How to Hive Package Bees 31 <br /> Preparation 31 <br /> Spraying Sugar Syrup 31 <br /> Shaking Bees into the Box 32 <br /> Feeding 35 <br /> Hiving Nucs 35 <br /> Transport 35 <br /> Care of the Nuc After Arrival 35 <br /> How to Hive Nucs 36 <br /> Equipment Setup for Hiving a Nuc 36 <br /> Preparation 36 <br /> Transferring a Nuc to a 10-Frame Box 36 <br /> Feeding 36 <br /> Inspections 38 <br /> 1 Day After Hiving Packages or Nucs 38 <br /> 4-7 Days Later: First Inspection 38 <br /> Prepare Yourself 38 II <br /> Opening the Hive 38 <br /> What to Look for in the Hive 39 <br /> Feeding the New Colony 39 <br /> YEAR ONE: SPRING and SUMMER MANAGEMENT 40 <br /> Inspections 40 <br /> Spring Inspections 40 <br /> FEED FEED FEED! 41 <br /> Provide Room for Expansion 41 <br /> Inspections From Late Summer Through Fall 43 <br /> Supering 45 <br /> WINTERING HONEY BEE COLONIES IN NORTHERN CLIMATES 46 <br /> Fall Management 48 <br /> Varroa Management 49 <br /> Food Reserves 50 <br /> Estimating Food Reserves 50 <br /> Feeding Colonies in Fall 50 <br /> Protecting Colonies from Winter Weather 51 <br /> YEAR TWO: MANAGEMENT FOR SUCCESSFULLY WINTERED COLONIES 52 <br /> First Inspection: Is the Colony Alive? 52 <br /> Colony Death 53 <br /> • <br /> Early Spring Management 54 <br /> The Great Divide 55 <br /> Preparation 56 <br />