Good Morning all,
I am relatively new to the Beekeeping hobby and was wondering when my bees should start come out of their winter rest state. I have noticed that their is a significant amount of dead bees on the ground in front of the hive and the hive itself is dead silent. I live in Ontario, Canada and we've had a long, harsh winter and I am concerned that they may have died in the off season. I don't want to crack the hive open incase they are still in there huddled up, waiting for the weather to stay in the double digits. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated
Jeff
I am relatively new to the Beekeeping hobby and was wondering when my bees should start come out of their winter rest state. I have noticed that their is a significant amount of dead bees on the ground in front of the hive and the hive itself is dead silent. I live in Ontario, Canada and we've had a long, harsh winter and I am concerned that they may have died in the off season. I don't want to crack the hive open incase they are still in there huddled up, waiting for the weather to stay in the double digits. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated
Jeff