Snow has finally gone for now!

Snow has finally gone and temperatures were 8-9 degs so thought would look to see how many had died in this spell, took off the porch and had a quick look in entrance, all blocked up with dead bees, hooked them out, maybe 150 plus bees! But did see a few bees moving about, then all of a sudden bees flying everywhere, temperature had hit 10 degs and they needed a bathroom break, can bees cross their legs for that long? :-)

Thought also that would be a good time to feed them too, but didn't have any fondant solid food, so a quick call to Sue and an internet search came up with a recipe, boiling up sugar and water, letting it cool and then pouring into a suitable container, hopefully a Marks and Spencer curry container will do the trick?

Have to fed them solid food this time of year as syrup requires the bees to expend too much energy converting to honey stores, they need to evaporate the water.