Yesterday was a beautifully warm day so the bees came out and did a lot of pooping. I have lots of yellow snow around the hive. I took a quick video because there was a bee in my hair and around me so I had to retreat further away.
After giving them pollen and sugar early in the month, I learned I shouldn't have done that. No pollen until late March, if it's needed. I could give sugar now but I left it alone since adding the pollen sugar mix because it's been way too cold to open the hive again. Even yesterday I thought it would be better to just leave them alone and let them enjoy the weather without disturbing them.
I'm so happy to see them after wintering over. Usually they don't survive and I wait for a Nuc to arrive in early May. If I still have them and nothing happens between now and then, I hope to be able to start a Nuc of my own in April or end of March so that I can expand my one hive to two.
Fingers crossed.
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