tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post1073922572074692753..comments2024-03-26T12:17:40.771-04:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Bee-wary of Late WinterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-8785469564995296652012-01-16T13:56:48.901-05:002012-01-16T13:56:48.901-05:00Linda - I know your colony didn't die of starv...Linda - I know your colony didn't die of starvation but I was interested to read what you said about temperature drops and the bees clustering away from their stores. One foolproof way to help them in this situation is to make/buy baker's fondant and lay it directly on the top bars for the bees to eat. You'll never have a hive die from isolation starvation again if you do this. All the best, Gerry in ScotlandGerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900382956672330063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-2804011312702591982012-01-14T21:11:28.535-05:002012-01-14T21:11:28.535-05:00Linda,
Sorry to hear about the loss of this hive. ...Linda,<br />Sorry to hear about the loss of this hive. Interested to find out what happened to it. I found out tonight there is 3 hives(one is dead) that need a beekeeper in Durham at an historic site, hope they'll let this newbie beekeeper take the job.Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-30332128580280519592012-01-14T14:15:32.458-05:002012-01-14T14:15:32.458-05:00I'm not at all thinking CCD - first because Ke...I'm not at all thinking CCD - first because Keith Delaplane himself says he has only seen one hive that he could say died from CCD, second because this is one of the hives we moved up from S Georgia at the end of the honey flow that was small to begin with and not doing well when it got here. <br /><br />I'm expecting, like I said in the post, to determine that the hive was queenless and I was not an observant beekeeper - the hive was not abandoned by the bees. There are dead bees throughout on the tops of the frames. I'm not expecting to find any capped brood - just dead bees. But I'll post when I do get into the hive next week on a warm day.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-3301761700783177492012-01-14T13:47:51.992-05:002012-01-14T13:47:51.992-05:00Such a shame :( And was thinking that unless you f...Such a shame :( And was thinking that unless you find a carpet of dead workers at the bottom of your supers/brood that it looks like colony collapse disorder?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861108457109878599noreply@blogger.com