Colony set-up and management/maintenance
Evaluate the food stores
Good Beekeeping Practices
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The honey bee colony must have enough food to eat at all times. If the storage of honey is too small, the queen will stop producing eggs and the winter bees might be too few to make it through the winter. To ensure that the colony has enough food to survive without flowers to collect nectar from due to bad weather (too wet, too dry or too cold) always leave enough honey for the colony when harvesting honey during the season.
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