Yesterday whole day was cloudy and relative cold. When dark came, the sky cleared and in the morning frost.. There is no more happier than me.. In a few days will see if anything left of black locust - my main forage which for years can't remember to see significant.. Wild cherries were gathered nice then howling cold winds shook down the flowers and cold weather.. Now bees eat what they gathered.. Black ash started to flower, but this frost.. Unbelievable.. Also saw walnuts and hazels tips burnt.. It is like all against me.. Working all the time and all wiped in a sec.. Our apricots were full with fruits already ( size of marble already), and question is will it remain something on a tree..).
To be more merrier recently I became unemployed, well, it will be interesting time.. I wait to see what will remain after frost and will act accordingly..
I leave only one nowadays, but you have to be super careful with that cell. It needs to have a live grub in it and it mustn't get chilled of course. The process of opening up the hive to remove cells etc. can expose the cell to the cold and they are also super fragile and easy to damage as they stick out from the comb.
