Checked on the bees this morning and found lots of dead ones on the bottom board. Not sure how many are left, tho I can see them moving around inside, not many. Because there are so few, I've decided to move them to the basement. This should help with staying warm enough. Lots of honey left so food will not be a problem. With the warmer temps, maybe the queen will lay some eggs and build up the hive. This will happen anyway in late Feb, early Mar. Only buying a 4 frame nuc so late probably sealed their fate as most of the nectar flo was over. Started looking for new stock today on the Internet just in case. Even if they do survive, I can mix the new in to build up the hive.
Started building another hive this week in case I luck out and catch a swarm, that would be nice.
Hope you had a great holiday season, we did. Later
Started building another hive this week in case I luck out and catch a swarm, that would be nice.
Hope you had a great holiday season, we did. Later
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