tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post7351822800049811558..comments2024-02-23T05:26:35.037-05:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Death threat and the bee hivesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-85361364619082424622010-04-10T12:09:52.521-04:002010-04-10T12:09:52.521-04:00my hive died over the winter here in Denver but I&...my hive died over the winter here in Denver but I've recently discovered that many of the combs have honey left. I'm not sure what could have caused the death and if it could be some kind of poisoning. Do you think the honey that is left would be safe for bees?Deborah McAllisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546924576979695174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-82804138218665561262010-01-18T12:55:06.507-05:002010-01-18T12:55:06.507-05:00I'm so glad your original hive is still alive....I'm so glad your original hive is still alive. I'm fretting over one of my first 2 hives and wondering how I can feed them in this cold weather.Bee Magic Chronicles for Kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818365668819339658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-87912957312978548772010-01-18T07:32:38.849-05:002010-01-18T07:32:38.849-05:00It's probably in part because they get the sun...It's probably in part because they get the sun last, but also because each hive has a different personality. Yesterday I cleaned all the leaves off of the deck and stacked some bricks right next to Aristaeus2. Immediately the guard bees came out of that hive to check out what I was doing. If I had stacked the bricks next to Bermuda, this would not happen. Mellona (in the middle) is always my most active hive - Bermuda, always slower than the rest, but enduring.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-59642760846457901162010-01-18T02:21:15.664-05:002010-01-18T02:21:15.664-05:00hi Linda! glad your bees are surviving! Bermuda...hi Linda! glad your bees are surviving! Bermuda looks like it is the last hive to get full sun, so maybe that's why it was inactive? One of my hives gets sun sooner than the other & it was flying while the other was quiet. Then the sun moved onto it, and the bees appeared. Joy! There were many dead bees on the screened bottom board which I helped remove so the girls could enjoy their cleansing flights w/o too much work. Everything xxed they all make it through the winter.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777513495995940724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-91465646380698756412010-01-17T18:05:39.716-05:002010-01-17T18:05:39.716-05:00I lost 2 out of 11 hives last month due to the col...I lost 2 out of 11 hives last month due to the cold. They had honey, which I put on top of other hives, but just froze in place in the frames. Half of the hives have poor numbers and may not make it through the rest of the winter here in georgia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-39097406829097476232010-01-17T14:31:38.862-05:002010-01-17T14:31:38.862-05:00aww well it's good news and sad news. Glad som...aww well it's good news and sad news. Glad some of the bees survived but so sorry for the ones you lost :(♥ Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591559212770014981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-19665406293635139302010-01-17T11:23:31.124-05:002010-01-17T11:23:31.124-05:00hi linda, i'm on my second year beekeeping and...hi linda, i'm on my second year beekeeping and have to say that the stress of winter weather and whether or not the bees will survive is more than i imagined. last spring my hive was all dead. i was told they had starved. the other day my friend here who keeps bees called and said that his had all died although they hadn't last year. anyway, mine were alive when i checked the other day... hurray! but there were many dead at the entrance and the ones that i did see weren't the most active ones i'd ever seen but at least they made it this far. we had a long stretch of cold in the single digits. i blogged about it here... http://jimgottuso.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/bring-out-your-dead/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com