I am an absolute newbee, have not even been stung yet. My wife says I am OOCD about it.
We just had a Texas storm move through, with quarter size hail.
I went out to check on the hive just before the storm arrived and saw all the bees were incoming to the hive, with none leaving. Just before the hail hit I looked and could only see a couple of bees at the entrance, looking out, and telling the rest of them "No, you really do not want to go out there!" About 5:30 at 80 degrees.
At 6:00 the storm has passed, and the bees are once again coming out of the hive and off to do what bees do.
When I started this I had no idea that having bees would have this added aspect. How neat is that?
We just had a Texas storm move through, with quarter size hail.
I went out to check on the hive just before the storm arrived and saw all the bees were incoming to the hive, with none leaving. Just before the hail hit I looked and could only see a couple of bees at the entrance, looking out, and telling the rest of them "No, you really do not want to go out there!" About 5:30 at 80 degrees.
At 6:00 the storm has passed, and the bees are once again coming out of the hive and off to do what bees do.
When I started this I had no idea that having bees would have this added aspect. How neat is that?