Weather: Sunny but chilly out of the sun
Stings: None
A quick visit to start the spring feeding regime. I had to work fast putting the feeder on as almost no bees were flying when I arrived. The weather has been changeable with frosty days followed by warmer ones and the threat of rain ever present. Not the kind of weather that bees like.
Image by BeesinFrance via FlickrIt looks like the bees have been busy in the last few weeks as there were a lot of corpses out the front. So many that when I turned up and saw no bees flying, and only a dead bee hanging by one leg from the front entrance, that I thought they were all gone.
When I cracked open the top and peeped inside there were quite a few bees at work. Enough to make me believe they will make it. A few frames towards one side looked like they were in use. I'm not sure how many as its still too cold to do a thorough inspection. I satisfied myself with putting on the feeder and I think they'll be keen to use it.
Next step is to swap the old frames for fresh. The weather will have to be much better though for them to build up stores, produce wax and draw comb.
