It’s once again hovering right around 50F and kind of sunny today! I wanted to check in with the bees while they might be out, especially because of the fiasco I discovered last week. To recap: the top cover, insulation, and moisture board had, at some point, blown off the north hive. There were still…

The high today was 51F, the warmest it’s been in weeks! We had a pretty big snowstorm a couple weeks ago, which kicked off a long cold spell. I was worried about the bees, since I knew they’d likely be working through the fondant I gave them for winter feed. The last time it was…