A little food for the girls in the cold.During the really cold weather, if we get a sunny day, I will feed back a frame of money left over at the end of fall. I keep the frames in the freezer til I'm ready to use them. I'll put them out at night, and usually by the morning they've been found. It's a great opportunity to look at the girls up close and check what their wings look like. I know, not all of them were from my hive. They are so intent on filling their honey bellies that you can get very close without them noticing at all.
When I started, I thought,"This will be a year in my life, with bees." I would chronicle all the steps and stages, all the trials and tribulation. It would bee my journal and outlet as well as my record of beekeeping. That was February. Now, on the other side of summer, it's October. One of the hives has been slimed by small hive beetles. The ladies have absconded. Perhaps, by keeping a closer journal, I -- and perhaps you, dear reader -- will learn more about beekeeping in North Florida.
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