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Yes, too long. That winter I learnt the importance of hive insulation. My next visit after the photos were taken, I discovered a roughly half inch gap between the hive walls and the snow where the heat from the hive had melted the snow.:hairpull:

2010 down here.

Never tried it, but I often see bees showing a keen interest around my dogs' favourite posts.

That's even worse than a beekeeping forum

Epicéa ? Spruce

My experience is that the earlier the sun hits the hive the earlier the bees go off foraging and the quicker the build up. (In a flow of course). Do you have problems taking the frames out of a Voirnot hive? When I began beekeeping I was lucky to have a professional beekeeper near to me. (Marc...

Salut and welcome. Why did you choose Voirnot hives? Because they are the most popular near you ? If I remember rightly they have frames 33cm by 33 cm and the super is only 10 cm high. If this is the case then one brood box would be a bit low on stores for overwintering comfortably. I'm thinking...

If it can go round in a spiral rather than a circle, then yes.

Very little activity in october, but november 1st is the day when in France nearly everyone visits relatives' graves and leaves plants. That's 2 weeks now that when it's warm enough my bees are bringing in yellow pollen. I thought it was just some dandelion that is reflowering a bit, but today...

Plenty of time. Crystalisation takes several months and conservation is good.. Colour depends on type of lavender/lavendin. But I shall insist on one thing. It all depends on what the lavender is for. Down here it flowers throughout july, starting low down on the stems and slowly opening up for...

(y)(y) And get going quickly . Too much reading is bad for the eyes :cool: Remember beekeeping is an art more than a science.

https://www.fedcan.org/les-conservatoires

What, a sort of serial killer story ? JOKE

If you want to set up a bee conservation system in France, then there's an inner circle of 3 km. followeded by an outer circle of another 7 km. What they're for exactly I don't remember :unsure:

There is a Belgian beekeeper who really keeps bees . His name is Jan Kuppens. He believes that bees should swarm so he lets them and then recaptures them and life continues. He uses Langstroff hives. He knows from experience when his bees should swarm (plant situation). At this time he then more...

There are many things that can be put on the surface to protect the earth. Some are organic such as straw, and some are inorganic such as plastic or pebbles. When it is organic and not only protects the soil from water loss, erosion etc. but also decomposes to feed the soil life, then it is...

I wait until the leaves are wet so the wind doesn't blow them away. I then put at least a foot depth on the earth and leave it. The leaves are a great insulator and keeping the temp. up at the earth's surface keeps the upper soil life present and working through the winter. When things warm up...

Partly because the possibility for tests rose massively and partly because the *extremely disciplined* French wanted one last fling before the second confinement.

Colonies die. Nests remain.

Yes. The flower is self fertilizing and the time between its opening and withering is about 2 hours. Not worth bothering to attract pollinators.