Anouther stupid New-Bee Question...
Between an extremely cold start to the winter (when I was worried that it was too cold and they would all die) and now an extremely unusal warm spell (during which I have been worried that the warm temps will mean that the bees eat a lot more and they will run out of food as soon as it gets to cold for me to feed) I have been having bee dreams every night...
This week it is supposed to get above 50! (In northeast Ohio in Janurary that is strange.) I was wondering if I should take advantage of the weather and open the hive up and see how big my cluster is and how much food they have.
Should I? And if I do how big should the cluster be and how much honey should they have. Should I be feeding heavy now? Anything else I should be thinking about.
Thanks...
Between an extremely cold start to the winter (when I was worried that it was too cold and they would all die) and now an extremely unusal warm spell (during which I have been worried that the warm temps will mean that the bees eat a lot more and they will run out of food as soon as it gets to cold for me to feed) I have been having bee dreams every night...
This week it is supposed to get above 50! (In northeast Ohio in Janurary that is strange.) I was wondering if I should take advantage of the weather and open the hive up and see how big my cluster is and how much food they have.
Should I? And if I do how big should the cluster be and how much honey should they have. Should I be feeding heavy now? Anything else I should be thinking about.
Thanks...