It's October 29. Mid-autumn. It was 70° yesterday, and 72.8° today. The bees are flying when it's that warm, and at this time of year there is nothing left for them to eat. Or is there? I went out to the beeyard today to put another pollen patty on the hives and was pleasantly surprised to see the girls flying in with full pollen pockets. The pollen patties that I put on at the beginning of October were completely gone. I didn't want to keep the covers open for too long, as the yellow jackets were very interested in what we had going on, but the boxes were full of bees with not a drone to be seen (see the last post if you're wondering why). The video below is from today and shows some ladies hard at work cleaning, sealing cracks with propolis and bringing in food.
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