Better than We Thought
Earlier in this cold season, we left a whole layer of sugary bee fondant for our girls to eat on during the winter. We knew they were probably hunkered down over the last months, taking it easy and munching on honey and sugar inside the hive... ...then we had the "polar vortex". You know - that time a couple weeks ago when the weather here was 50 below with windchill for a couple of days? That time when the temperature outside was a HUNDRED degrees from our temperature inside? I have to admit, I didn't think the bees made it. I'm so glad I was wrong!!! We ventured out to the hives once the week of ultra-freezing temps was over, and Mr. Bee cleaned up the entrances and area around the front of the hives. Little Miss Bee clomped out bravely through the deep snow, learning how to try and reach Mr. Bee's footprints to make her trek a little easier. Since the bees are hibernating, she could finally get close to the hives and see what her Daddy was doing. ...