Spring Inspections

On March the 5Th the afternoon was 60 degrees, and nighttime temps were not dropping to a sub level, so we opted to open the log to verify what I had already known. This late arriving rescue log had NO chance. The bees had not made enough honey to get them through the winter. The comb was removed and stored for later use.

The short bee gum log has not shown any sign that the bees survived the last blast of winter. I had seen they feeding on the warm days before the last storm.

The 2 colonies in the hive boxes survived the winter.