Brood question

[simonforeman]

So with all this nice warm weather and loads of pollen going in, I take it the queen will be laying up frames.... this morning there was a light frost so my question is

Would the colony cluster and abandon some brood or would they still cover it with it not being really cold?

 

[For want of a better word]

Bees in my polly hives have not clusterd this winter... a few more weeks to go before T shirt weather.... expect a freeze in March early April!

Yeghes da

 

[Ian123]

So with all this nice warm weather and loads of pollen going in, I take it the queen will be laying up frames.... this morning there was a light frost so my question is

Would the colony cluster and abandon some brood or would they still cover it with it not being really cold?

Purely depends on how cold it gets, a few frosts they will easily deal with. It will however mean they will consume more stores

 

[madasafish]

So with all this nice warm weather and loads of pollen going in, I take it the queen will be laying up frames.... this morning there was a light frost so my question is

Would the colony cluster and abandon some brood or would they still cover it with it not being really cold?

My crown boards are toasty warm so several frames of brood despite morning frosts.

 

[Poly Hive]

They will dump it if they cannot cope, which frankly at the moment is a concern.

Lot of wasted effort.

PH

 

[simonforeman]

They will dump it if they cannot cope, which frankly at the moment is a concern.

Lot of wasted effort.

PH

That was what I was worried about... all the hard work may be wasted.... fingers crossed that rest of this week looks good and most gets capped...

 

[simonforeman]

All 4 of my hives are on omf with no inspection boards in at the minute... would putting them in help at all....

 

[Millet]

My inspection boards have been in all winter and still in..as far as keeping brood warm if it gets cold.. bees have been around for supposedly 50 million years so they must have a rough idea what they are doing.. if left alone yours may may get through the 50 million ok..

 

[Ian123]

Yes they won’t get a draft up their arse quite frankly

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

All 4 of my hives are on omf with no inspection boards in at the minute... would putting them in help at all....

not really

 

[For want of a better word]

All 4 of my hives are on omf with no inspection boards in at the minute... would putting them in help at all....

Inspection boards are for inspecting... many do not use them and have solid floors.... pros and cons for both camps...... I leave mine in if they are there!

 

[Wingy]

My garden hive is on brood & 1/2, on OMF with no inspection board in. HM is brooding like hell and from the amount of bees orientating this last week that are at least a full brood cycle in. This hive is on it’s 3rd 2.5Kg block of fondant (2 allotment hives haven’t used a Kilo yet) and has loads of pollen going in. A big hive building up quickly.

 

[birdsandbees]

I think most of mine are building up rapidly now, loads of Pollen going in and Fondant disappearing much quicker.
the only hive I've opened was a cut out done a week ago, they are pretty much filling a six frame Nuc and shes laid up a good size patch on three frames, I'm not worried about the brood being chilled as they are in a Nuc and toasty warm, temperature reading at the entrance hole was 18 degrees.