Just a look before the snow 62 degrees

March 2nd and we hit 60 then later tonight rain and mid-night snow and ice.

So what do all beekeepers do????

Go out and checkout their hives, I pulled the outer cover off on all of them and I had a feeder so I pulled those off on all but my weakest hive.

All four were bristling with activity flying, which is very nice to see. Last year at this time I was just demoralized as two hives died.

So Hive#1 Italian two deep configuration with a feeder. It was basically damp sugar so I pulled off the floats so the bees could get there if they wanted. This would also absorb moisture too so a win/win for me.

I still didn't go into the hives just pulled the feeders off. I also took a few pictures and a short movie.

I'll do an after shot once the snow has fallen.

The brown thing on top of Hive #1 is a hornet/wasp trap. I'll set those out when I return from Belgium.