But then again...
Well, today was really nice and warm, though not particularly sunny. I had decided to re-fill sugar water and make sure everyone had enough food today before our little stretch of incredible weather comes to an end this weekend. The hive pictured is next to the dead horizontal hive, which I had left a gallon chicken waterer filled with sugar water in. That was pretty much empty today, so I decided to re-fill it. I also made sure they could get to the sugar water in the top
The Bees are Alive!
If you live in Michigan you are aware that we are in the middle of an unusually mild weather pattern which will last for a few more days. The first day it got warm (and sunny, a very rare combination this winter) was Friday February 17, 2017. I was able to walk out to the hives by the house and see that the one live hive over there was definitely flying. I actually knew that before I looked because they were dive bombing me in the driveway. I had a chance to walk across t
