Today is mid-December...the 15th. I checked on the bees yesterday, preparing to give them more fondant. But the fondant I gave them before is not all gone yet so I think they have another few weeks before they need more.
I also took out the electric fence yesterday and put it in the basement for the winter. I sure hope there are no more bear out there foraging. In some ways, I wish I had a fence that could stay up all year so that I didn't have to worry about it. But so far, they are save. I actually didn't have the battery hooked up for over a week and nothing bad happened. I didn't dare wait much longer because I was afraid the ground would freeze and I wouldn't be able to get the posts out.
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| Beehives in mid-December 2012 |
In the beehive on the right, the bees are at the very bottom...I'm told they are clustered in a little ball. I saw zero activity so I removed a few frames and put my ear right down into the hive to see if I could hear any activity down there. Thankfully I did...at least in the big hive. I'm not as sure about the small hive. We'll see if that survives the winter. I'm tempted to put the little one in my greenhouse for the winter where I think it would have a better chance but will see how this winter goes and learn from the experience.
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