italic63
House Bee
- Joined
- May 3, 2021
- Messages
- 189
- Reaction score
- 59
- Location
- Turin, Italy
- Hive Type
- Dadant
- Number of Hives
- 1
Good morning from Italy...
So the weather here has been sunny and hot thought-out September and is due to continue through most of October.
25-26 degrees here in the North. The bees have been unusually quiet despite the good weather... I inspected yesterday and found they had almost completely run out of stores. With no nectar flow on at the moment I think they have been eating more than usual sure to the weather. They looked very sluggish...
I fed them 1:1 syrup yesterday and within minutes they stated flying frantically all over the garden and haven't stopped since. Very lively indeed.
The Queen had slowed right down and so I reduced the number of frames in anticipation of the colder weather.
Is there a chance the Queen will start laying again. The population seems lower than I would like given the warm weather.
Thanks
So the weather here has been sunny and hot thought-out September and is due to continue through most of October.
25-26 degrees here in the North. The bees have been unusually quiet despite the good weather... I inspected yesterday and found they had almost completely run out of stores. With no nectar flow on at the moment I think they have been eating more than usual sure to the weather. They looked very sluggish...
I fed them 1:1 syrup yesterday and within minutes they stated flying frantically all over the garden and haven't stopped since. Very lively indeed.
The Queen had slowed right down and so I reduced the number of frames in anticipation of the colder weather.
Is there a chance the Queen will start laying again. The population seems lower than I would like given the warm weather.
Thanks