February 09, 2015....bitter cold winter, and it's now been snowing for 48 hours. This is on top of snow several times last week. It's white all over. I took color photos today of my house and my beehives. They look like black and white images. Almost.
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| A much clearer shot from the inside the woodshed |
That much snow on the porch roof is a problem. I think I will need to get out there. I already have an ice dam causing issues at the back of the house. Happy days.
But the snow is at least insulating the bees. They are still getting by. It's been too cold to open up the hive these past few weeks so I need to leave them alone until the cold abates. And it looks like we have even colder weather on the way. And more snow.
It's not very attractive, granted, (nor clear but it was snowing hard outside) but the bees have hay on three sides, a plywood roof, Insulated with cedar shavings to catch any condensation, with food inside...and plenty of snow for insulation too. I think they should make it. At least the hive on the left. The one on the right doesn't seem to have any activity and hasn't for a few months. So I ended up buying another package of bees for the second hive.
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