Winter Cluster

[Barney]

Hi:
This is primarly for beekeepers in the mid south (NC,SC,GA etc).
Would you expect to see brood in the comb under the cluster? We are having a unsual winter mid 20's morning to low 60's in the afternoon and temps all in between.
Thanks
Barney

[Michael Bush]

Bees this time of year tend to start and stop brood rearing. In other words they will raise a patch of brood, then move the cluster and then raise another patch of brood. So you may find them with brood or not.