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    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 of the hive by opening up the little holes in the lids of the sugar water buckets in the top of the hive. The GOOD NEWS - this hive was bringing in pollen!! Unbelievable, this is February 22nd in Michigan! So, then I

    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 the street and look at my other hive that was alive in January, and it was also very active. It was after 4:00 pm before I could check the one on my other piece of property. I didn't see any activity. I saw one dying be

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