[Hoot Owl Lane Bees]

A member of our bee club ordered some Queens and had one he did not need. This was posted on the club email list.
A fellow bee club member, has a new queen that he ordered and now has no need to keep her. On a first come-first-serve basis, he wants to give this queen to someone who needs it.
I knew there is only one other member with enough hives to make a split this early in our area. When I contacted him no one had replied after 2 hrs. My wife and daughter went by and picked her up and I went the other direction and made up a nuc. They are now in my Honey House with a frame feeder and confutable. It's going to get down to 29* tonight with a high of 35 tomorrow and not much better till Monday after noon. I will move them out then.
Good thig I checked most of my hives Thursday. I knew just what hives to get a frame out of with out weaking them to much.

 

[Tim KS]

If you feel too lucky, you can send that queen my way and will make us both feel better.

You've got our weather coming too only we're looking at 21* tonight and a high of 37* tomorrow, then 13* ON Sat. nite. Burrr.....and I got apricot trees near bloom in a day or two.

 

[Hoot Owl Lane Bees]

Thanks for the offer but I will keep her. The weather is why the nuc is inside the Honey House. The heat is set just enough to keep things from freezing.

 

[Tigger19687]

Congrats, now please don't send that weather up north. We've had enough late Winter TYVM

 

[thill]

Nice. You have a leg up on spring!

 

[Gray Goose]

good play Hoot Owl.

you can always find an over strong hive to steel some bees from soon, to give her a boost.

snowing and in the 20's here with a near Zero wind chill.
I can't wait till spring. bee spring , not calendar spring.

GG