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Seasonal beekeeping checklist by region

Choose your region (or your state) and the month. Each task comes from a university extension calendar and links to the how-to or the gear it needs.

Honey bee working the florets in the center of a sunflower
Photo: Ivan Radic, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ticks are saved in this browser only. Sources and the full-year view.
General guidance only. Timing shifts with your local forage, elevation and each year’s weather, so follow your local beekeeping association and state apiarist when they differ. Varroa tasks refer to EPA-registered products used per their label.

Why regions instead of hardiness zones

USDA plant hardiness zones are built on winter minimum temperatures. Bees care more about when nectar flows start and stop, how long summer dearths last and how long the colony is confined in winter. A coastal Florida apiary and a desert Arizona apiary can share a zone and still need opposite things in July.

We group states into six beekeeping regions and adapt the tasks from extension calendars written for those climates. The full list of sources is on the seasonal calendar page.

Using the checklist

  • Your region choice is remembered on this device and also sets the home page module.
  • Ticks are saved per region and month, so last March’s ticks will not clutter this March.
  • Print a month to keep in your bee box.

Questions

Which beekeeping region am I in?
Pick your state in the selector and the checklist switches to the matching region. Borderline areas, high elevations and coasts can behave like a neighboring region.
Where do these tasks come from?
From extension calendars and guides including UF/IFAS (Florida), Mississippi State, the University of Arkansas, a central North Carolina calendar, Penn State, Cornell, the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, Utah State and the University of Arizona, plus the HBHC varroa guide.
Are my ticks private?
Yes. They are stored in your browser only.

Sources

  1. Honey Bee Health Coalition: Tools for Varroa Management, 9th edition (June 2026)
  2. UF/IFAS EDIS IN848: Florida beekeeping management calendar
  3. Mississippi State University Extension P4053: Mississippi beekeeping calendar
  4. Penn State Extension: Honey bee management throughout the seasons
  5. University of Arizona: Fall and winter management of honeybees in Arizona