The garden looks beautiful with a rare white covering but the bees won’t see it. No excursions for them in these sub zero temperatures. They’ll be huddled together keeping it a tropical 33c in the hive. Kanken The layer of snow on the roof may help to insulate their home. Hope their bladders last out until warmer weather arrives. They’ll probably need a feed soon to get them through the remainder of the winter. Backpack All that beating of wings in the hive to create caribbean conditions in a corner of my cold London garden takes it out of them. We have two blocks of candy – concentrated sugar solution – to feed them in an emergency.
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HI Brian
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Cheers
M
Hey Marcia,
What the URL of your blog. Good luck with the juggling.
Brian
Hello from the Antipodes ! I enjoy your blog and am also a city beekeeper, albeit a new one .. I have a blog you may be interested in – keeping bees at the other end of the world, I am extracting honey soon and then autumn will be upon us. Great photo, I hope to take more pics when I work out how to hold the smoker, hive tool, frame and camera with bulky gloves on and not drop something !!
Cheers
Marcia