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March 2, 2009 snow
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:10 am
by ski
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:13 pm
by Bill Hansen
I had a lot of dead bees after the snow finally melted. Certainly not the whole colony, but I'm not sure how much hope to have on Saturday when it finally gets warm enough to go in and look.
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Lost them all
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:53 pm
by Doug Shaw
Not sure if it was the cold but my one and only colony died during the last cold spell. Don Hopkins is coming by tomorrow to help figure it out. Whew some lessons are hard.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:32 pm
by Wally
Sorry to hear that, but glad you got Don to come take a look. He is not only very informed on the bees, but also a great guy. You will enjoy his visit along with learning from it.
Snow and Ice Are Bad
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:55 am
by Bill Hansen
Doug, it really is a shame. On checking, my bees seem to be recovering. Workers are bringing in pollen, which I take it to be a good sign.
I think that because the snow came directly into the opening of the hive, it's possible the ice got into the inside of the hive -- at least in my case. Next time we have a snow or ice forcast, I am planning on putting up some kind of a wind break.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:38 pm
by Doug Shaw
Don came by this morning and it seems the Varroa mites and last cold spell did the colony in. You can bet this taught me the importance of checking for this little devil and learning how to effectively control them. Thanks Kurt for having me get with Don he taught me a lot today. On the bright side I still have a good hive to start my next package in a couple of weeks.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:06 am
by Kurt Bower
I am glad Don was able to help.
Great guy as are all of our inspectors.
I have called them more than once myself.
Kurt
