Below Zero Weather and they survived

[paus]

Yesterday a friend showed me a surviving open hive under a large Walnut tree limb, about 20 feet above ground. I saw them last fall and said "They will never make it but they did". There is a small swarm left and they are working. I looked for dead bees under hive and found none.  In February the temp got down to 1 or 2 degrees below zero.  New respect for our friends, they are tough.

[FatherMichael]

That's amazing!

[van from Arkansas]

Thanks Paus, good to know info.  I did not realize an open hive could survive such temps.  Tip your hat to those bees for me.

Van

[Hops Brewster]

There is a lot of energy in honey!  They turned that energy into heat, which helped the colony survive a week of winter in the open.