More snow again, the last lot of snow was scary for a first time beekeeper, I found 150 plus dead bees jammed in the entrance of the hive and outside, I thought that was it, colony all dead, but common sense eventually kicks in and you begin to think what is 150 bees out of an over wintering colony of 8000 or so bees! But still pretty scary! I was told that maybe when the cold hit the hive some of the bees were away from the ball of the colony getting honey stores and might have been chilled and died?
Cold wouldn't really kill a colony off, it's damp that does, so with this last lot of snow I decided I would make them a little porch to help keep the worst of the snow away and in turn the damp. The entrance mouse guard is still bunged up with bees but I guess as soon as the weather warms a bit the bees will soon clear them out? Can you tell I'm still not that confident!
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