Well, here it is, December 28th 2013 and it was a nice and clear 56 degrees out today. Made more interesting by the fact that tomorrow is predicted to reach only a high of 9.
I took advantage of the warmup, like so many other bee folks did today, to take a peek at my bees in my Fontenelle Forest apiary. Out of the three hives I had there going int oWinter, one of them was a die out. As a matter of fact, it was the lone remaining 5 frame hive but it was my own darn fault. I feel bad.
I forgot to reduce the entrance and yes, a mouse found it's way in and things went downhill from there.
The other two hives, in 8 frame boxes, seem to be doing very well. Obviously, they weren't too happy with my little visit.
I plan to check on them again at the next warmup opportunity, I suspect there will be at least one day in January over 45 degrees.
It was good to smell that hive smell again. God I miss my bees.
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