January :Each colony of Bee has honey to store. It is the time to crop the honey. Few young bees remain in the brood chamber, all comb with brood is at the center of the single chamber hive. The double chamber frame hive will have honey in the brood chamber. Crop the upper and reserve the honey in the brood chamber for the Bees to feed on during the rains when nectar is scarce.
February :Honey is still available in hive, certain plant, cashew for example is in flower.
March :Honey is in hive, Queen Bee start to laying eggs. Some plants are in flowers eg acacia, neen, citrus etc
April :Brood chamber is filed with young bees and occasionally queen cell are found. The Bees are preparing for swarming therfore take swarm control measure. Plan for new hives. Citrus and oil palm trees are now in flowers.
May:Put out decay hives, when Bees are swarming, collect swarms, inspect your stock. Continue with precautionary swarm control method, garden vegetable are in flower eg melon.
June:Peak period of swarming. Do not let new swarm escape, get them into proper hives.
July:There are few swarms issuing, collect and feed them with sugar syrup. Plant such as kola, cucumber and other (garden legumes) are in flower.
August :Colonies may run out of stoned honey, feed them with sugar. Perennial
flowers like postulate should be grown.
September: The swarm collected in June and July are established, continue to build up in strength. The Queen in lay produces more young bees. Field crops such as cassava, citrus and oil palm are in flowers.
October :End of rainy season. Bush or forest trees are flowering. Put queen excluder or a brood chamber and honey super on top. This prevents the Queen from going into the honey super to lay eggs in the cell of the combine bees will abscond into the super and start building honey combs, cassava is still in flower.
November:Bees are building combs as nectar arrive in the hives. Bee are making joyous hum. Cassava is still in flower.
December :Bees are ripening the honey. If they notice any movement around the hive, bees would defend their store aggressively. Manage them calmly. Let them work. The end.


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