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My thoughts too, and so much honey close to them too.Funny but thinking starving.
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My thoughts too, and so much honey close to them too.Funny but thinking starving.
The problem with a pollen patty is the queen starting to lay eggs too soon.maybe it was worth a pollen paddy or two to keep then alive instead of having to get all new bees now. Hopefully you have better luck this time around.
Aaron
The one he mentioned that died earlier and he could have fed but didnt because it would be a waste of time were agressive and would have been killed if they had survived the winter so no point in feeding them to keep them alive.maybe it was worth a pollen paddy or two to keep then alive instead of having to get all new bees now. Hopefully you have better luck this time around.
Aaron
Sugar water still has to be pre digested, then thickened.How do the bees in the wild make it then, also on that, lets say this was your livelihood, or you just really liked bees or something, could you have moved them into a garage or something until it got warmer or does it just not work that way? Dribble sugar water into the hive around where they were clustered? Im just really curious if anything could have been done to save them. I don't have any specific love for bees but it's just such a shame to see you put all that work into something and it goes the route this did.
Aaron
It makes since. This last cold spell was almost nation wide. We hit -17 in North OK. Your mentor is probably right. And like you said You can't switch frames of honey to the top after it's waaay below freezing.Moisture did not seem to be a problem. I think the three weeks of sun zero temps forced them into a tight Cluster and the ate all the honey around them. But it was too cold for the cluster to move to another area of the hive that had honey.
The one he mentioned that died earlier and he could have fed but didnt because it would be a waste of time were agressive and would have been killed if they had survived the winter so no point in feeding them to keep them alive.
How do the bees in the wild make it then, also on that, lets say this was your livelihood, or you just really liked bees or something, could you have moved them into a garage or something until it got warmer or does it just not work that way? Dribble sugar water into the hive around where they were clustered? Im just really curious if anything could have been done to save them. I don't have any specific love for bees but it's just such a shame to see you put all that work into something and it goes the route this did.
Aaron
well IF they made it you would know you had good bee's going into next year. I guess it's a toss up of take ALL the honey so they have no stores and you have all profit vs leaving food stores for the winter.I originally was going to kill them last fall. I wish I had now.
Oww my wife would Love for me to bring in a bunch of girls into the house.lolThere is no way I am moving them inside. None of my buildings are heated except the house, and I really don’t think the WW would share the house with 80,000 bees.