
The hives in January
On Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 it was sunny and a record 61 degrees. This was a good test to see what hives were alive and which ones were dead. No live hive could possible stay inside on a day like that! It was nice to be able to know for absolute sure which hives were alive. The vertical hive in the apiary is alive for sure. The small swarm hive is dead, as I suspected. Unfortunately, the horizontal hive is dead as well. I didn't have time on Saturday to do anything in th