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Posted in Winter on Jan 14th, 2010
The snow outside the swarm colony’s hive’s box was littered yesterday with dead bees. I think this is normal, although there were very few bodies in the snow outside the weaker colony. I wonder if there are any bees left living in the weaker group. The weather warmed up a bit yesterday, and when I [...]
Posted in Beekeeping Philosophy on Jan 9th, 2010
Before I could get a new, officially sanctioned entrance reducer in place (okay, I admit it…I haven’t even ordered it yet), snow covered the entrance to both hives. And snow’s supposed to be a great insulator, right? So, I guess things are toasty in there. I hope these bees can stand my hands-off approach.