The Buzz in Taos — spring RSS


A warm winter.

A warm winter.

This past winter was low snow and warmer than normal. I was not happy, as I love to ski, but my bees are happy. The bees are so happy with the warm weather, and they came out of their hibernation and are buzzing  with gay abandon! I'm beyond happy that I didn't lose any hives this winter, which is really amazing as most bee keepers do lose some hives every winter.  I left my hives with lots of honeycomb so that they wouldn't run out of food stores, and would come out of the winter with vigor and a growing population.  

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