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Offline bwallace23350

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Odd Winter Behavior
« on: November 21, 2017, 02:49:02 pm »
I observed my bees today. It is kinda warm. There was a lot of bees our on the hive. I did not go in the hive as it is almost Thanksgiving and was not ready for it. I was wondering if they had not thinned down their hive yet or is this normal for a warm fall.

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Re: Odd Winter Behavior
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2017, 07:55:51 pm »
Have you had a hard frost to kill off the flowers? Are you still feeding 1 to 1?
If the bees are still bring in food, they probably have not cut back on numbers.
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Re: Odd Winter Behavior
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2017, 12:22:25 pm »
How much is a lot? I had several hives that had a bunch of bees flying and hanging out in front of my hives.  They were doing orientation flights.  I assume that these were probably some of the last hatched brood for the season.

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Re: Odd Winter Behavior
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2017, 09:20:33 am »
We have not had hard frosts yet but I can't see anything blooming or any pollen to be had. Perhaps it was orientation flights but they were mainly just hanging out.