W.H.A.T.
Discovered today that our last hive did not make it through the winter, so we will order two new packages to start over this year. The bees we have been seeing were actually robber bees that we just stealing honey from the hive. You can see by the photo below that there was plenty of honey, but the cluster was too small too survive the winter.
Where do our honey bees fly to find pollen and nectar? “As far as they have to” is one answer, and depending on the species, can travel 4-6 miles. The farther they have to fly, the more energy they use up and are much less efficient. Continue reading “Flight Range”
Today was over 70 degrees. Not bad for the middle of February. Yesterday I figured that today would be a good day to open and inspect the hive. As you can see from the pictures below the hive looks plenty healthy and there is no reason to open it up yet.
