Wingy
Field Bee
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2017
- Messages
- 753
- Reaction score
- 134
- Location
- Wigan, Lancashire
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 21
My first year taking a 5 frame langstroth nuc into winter (so far so good) but looking around this last week or so anyone would think spring was here?
Willow is well in bud as are a few other trees, bluebells and other spring bulbs showing, birds singing their hearts out from about 0400 hours & already seen freshly hatched wood pigeon egg shells. On the other side I still have some hawthorn which has green leaves still from last year.
Bees are flying out on a regular basis but not bringing much in at all.
Weather forecast keeps predicting a cold snap. If this happens late say Feb - March is this going to cause problems for the bees?
I remember a few years ago all the local ducklings died when everything froze solid days after they hatched? Wierd weather
Willow is well in bud as are a few other trees, bluebells and other spring bulbs showing, birds singing their hearts out from about 0400 hours & already seen freshly hatched wood pigeon egg shells. On the other side I still have some hawthorn which has green leaves still from last year.
Bees are flying out on a regular basis but not bringing much in at all.
Weather forecast keeps predicting a cold snap. If this happens late say Feb - March is this going to cause problems for the bees?
I remember a few years ago all the local ducklings died when everything froze solid days after they hatched? Wierd weather