Poor weather over here +10°C! After a nice long cold (down to -20°C) it is worryingly warm. The bees are out 'feeding the flowers' which is good. But there is condesation under the lids of the hives. The bees are in brood - bad news indeed. Local logic goes along the lines of if the bees are breeding early (and with a small brood) the varroa are too. The older bees will die earlier and the product from a small brood will have very high varroa ...
Updated 05-03-2010 at 09:35 AM by Calum