These bees made it.
They can handle the winter, but need their honey.
This winter is causing a massive die off of bumble bees, too.
Somehow global warming is to blame.
and the keepers don’t check on the bees and supplement if needed through the winter??
Cause Ccording to liberals, progressives, Communists / socialists, the POTUS, the UN, and the NWO: Global warming
He’s obviously a Global Warming denier.
Well, isn't that just too snazzy? The author begins the article with something that is not even a sentence.
Is this the best jourinalist skools can offer?
This is not going to bode well for a variety of plants.
I’ve notice last year that the number of bees seemed to have dropped off quite a bit. These guys may have to build a greenhouse over the hives just to keep out the chill.
The extreme cold has positives and negatives. It has the benefit of reducing pests like the beetles that kill trees.
The harsh winter has even hurt bee populations in the South, but I’m not sure that CCD is as much of a problem as varroa mites or wax moths.
Looks like the beekeeper in this story was going with two deeps for all of his hives over the winter which should always leave enough honey for the bees. Up north he may want to leave an extra super on the hives over a harsh winter.
These bees made it.
They can handle the winter, but need their honey.
Lost four hives this winter, all with full supers. That majorly sucked.
I have 2 questions. I have pot plants on my patio and I cover them or take them in the garage when it is going to freeze. Why can’t the hives be protected in the winter?
Next question. What about wild bees in cold climates, how do they survive the inter?
Impossible! global warming would have kept all those bees buzzing and happy!
This has got to be some right wing plot !
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A friend in GA. has hives set up with internet monitoring. He has the hives on scales. He can tell when the bees return in the evenings by the weight. Also as the season progresses he can tell how much honey has been produced before he goes to the hive. Pretty cool.
Grove owners in Florida paid him quite handsomely for the use of his bees. More than enough to cover the transportation costs
Why didn’t he move the bees into the green house? He could have thrown a heater in the green house and kept the temperature at 25 degrees. I think he only has himself to blame.