winter inspection

Hi all I brought a single deep colony into my heated workshop (55-60 F) about a month ago after seeing broodminder temperatures that were too low. I knew that they would never make it to spring. I was taking a chance but these girls were doomed anyway because the cluster was not big enough...

The North Carolina weather has been crazy this year! With temps staying in the low 60 my bees have been out working all winter, well when it wasn't raining. This past week we had a cold snap with temps dipping into the 20's at night. Saturday got up to about 53 degrees so I made a trip to the...

It's 61 right now; have had several high 50s low 60s days with freezing and above at night. I'm going to go in hives to see what the winter stores look like. What else should I look for?