If you mean is it normal for bees to be out foraging in Winter if conditions allow. Yes perfectly normal, bees are opportunistic and take advantage of forage available. The frequency and what’s available is obviously affected by the current mild climate.
Just keep an eye on stores, the bees are pretty competent at dealing with anything else. Including dealing with changeable temps if they have food available!Thank you. Just thought I’d was more evidence of global warming if we needed it. As a Newbee just happy to see so much activity from the girls on the hives.
No ignore it!! some magazine printed months ago will have little idea as to current weather conditions. Carry out a spring inspection when weather allows, I really wouldn’t sit back and think oh it’s to early. Heft your hives regularly through the winter, it really will give an idea of decreasing weights and what’s going on.
local advice is generally far better than trying to follow a generic timetable that covers the whole country and is fixed year in year out. Bees don't care what month it is
Activities need to be scheduled around the state of the colony. Spring build up is not fixed and the fabled T-shirt weather inspection threshold can vary by a month, six weeks or even two months plus from it being achieved year to year in the sunny south. With a warm build up, I've been in at the begin of March; with the wet cold spring a few years ago, it was towards the back end of April.
Are you near any parks or domestic gardens ? Lots of wallflowers in blossom where I am and their pollen is a dirty yellow colour. It's a bit early for anything else that colour.
