2020 Essay Topic: Overwintering: Bee Survival through the Cold Season
Honey bees have developed special skills to overwinter in the United States. Please discuss one of these skills and then include a discussion about what you do to prepare your hives for winter. Include a photo of one of your hives, either using infrared technology or showing winter wrap, hay bales, special feeders, etc. to demonstrate how you prepare your hives for winter.
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2020
Please visit http://preservationofhoneybees.org/essays/2020-essays for the full details.
Call for entries: http://preservationofhoneybees.org/images/2020_4-H_Beekeeping_Essay_Competition_Call_for_Entries.pdf
From: Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees
Contact: Molly Sausaman, Executive Director, 404-760-2875, msausaman@abfnet.org