Oh happy day! By no means out of the woods, I'm still glad to see that at least some of the bees made it through the ghastly cold of the recent weeks. It's very hard for this type A beekeeper to just trust and have faith, waiting for spring and then seeing what unfolds... especially as there may be another shortage of package bees... Patience! Bee patient. Inhale......exhale..... stick tight to your community when the going gets tough .... take a cleansing flight if the weather is nice. I have so much to learn from the bees.
I put my ear to the two hives in my front garden. One (the strong hive) had a definite hum going on. The other, dead quiet. Still, if even just a clutch of 3000 survives, it's good.
ReplyDeleteI put my ear to the two hives in my front garden. One (the strong hive) had a definite hum going on. The other, dead quiet. Still, if even just a clutch of 3000 survives, it's good.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't hear either of my hives, but I didn't get my ear totally flush with the boxes, plus there is that paper... There is only one answer. I must build an observation hive :-)
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