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Offline colbees

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« on: April 27, 2012, 04:24:14 pm »
how long will it take until my bees start to forage i put them in three days ago and they have been kind of dormant, it is cold though. How far will bees fly for flowers
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Offline yockey5

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Re: forage
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 04:41:11 pm »
Package or swarm?
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Offline Robo

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Re: forage
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2012, 05:05:37 pm »
I assume you are having the same cold weather we are.  My bees have flown very little this week.    To answer your question, they will start flying the next day if the weather is nice.
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Offline GeezzzBeezzz

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Re: forage
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2012, 09:59:14 pm »
Same thing happened to my bees. Today was slightly warmer (50 degrees), low winds and they were out in force for a couple of hours.
As soon as the temps dropped a bit they were back to staying in the hive.
We have been having highs in the low fifties and lows in the upper thirties and low forties with fairly strong winds.
Is it true that bees will stay in the hive when the temps are below fifty?
It seems like that is the magic number for my bees. Seems true on windy days too.
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