So far they haven't. Again this year I have some ladybugs over wintering in my hive lid. They dont seem to go inside the hive with the bees so I'm not to worried about them.
I had plan on pulling frames out. I really wanted to see how much brood was in there. With the weather I decided to out it off a little longer. It suppose to be around 58 next tuesday so I hope to pull some frames then.
It looks like your colonies are doing quite well. I still have about two months before I can even think about breaking my boxes open like that. I have just been doing some quick checks to get input sugar blocks on top to keep them from starving. And by the way I am a new subscriber to your channel. Thanks for sharing.
Last 3 days it's been around 25. But come tuesday itll be 55. Lol. Crazy up and down weather. Not really good for the bees. I'm worried that one hive might need little more feed.
@@HiveandHoller it has been the same way here. We get a couple of nice days of in the 50s and our back down into the 20s. I guess all we can do is keep our fingers crossed and hope that spring will get here soon.
So when I was looking at this again there's something interesting I noticed. And curious to pick your mind on... It kind of looks like a lot of the bees you have are really dark bees. And comparing with that when I checked mine pre-winter right before snow they looked like they had more dark bees than lighter colored bees. I also was using carniolans. But a lot of mine were sort of 'mostly' carnicas mixed mutts. But during summer I had more lighter bees I think. I'm curious if there's something to this with more lighter bees in summer, and more darker closer to winter, when its a supposedly mixed queen / mixed bees in a colony? What do you think on this? ... Also to help you... on your other video with the warped wood box, I think partly that can happen when you have wood grown in an area that is very humid and wet and then the wood is brought to a more arid area before its cured. (And even then it has a higher chance to warp when there's a humidity drop in where its sent to.) This came up at a place I used to work a long time ago, where they had to try to get wood from areas that had similar climates to avoid warping. I think there's less chance for warping if you use screws instead of nails. And I do like screws because it does feel much sturdier and stronger. I don't personally use a lot of glue myself but do use a lot of screws and avoid nails. I am still evaluating if this will fully stop wood warping. Hope that helps in return for any input you can give me on other issues/questions, etc.
