We have a little old house in Southern Oregon which has a real small town USA feel with a Main Street and all...very cute...We can walk to town from our house. ( I go there to visit my granddughter ).
Anyhoo, last November as we walked down the street, We noticed lot's of HB's above the awning of a store. Low and behold, the were many flying in and out of a crack in the masonry wall. Where one building is butted against the other..The crack showed signs of being patched previously with roof patch , but the busy lil bees were just happy to find 2 entrances...Well I went again this weekend the the hive was very active!
So...very cold temps in this town, lot's of rain, many deciduous trees, no one inspecting the hive or feeding or yadda yadda yadda, and they sure look to be thriving...hhhhmmmm NATURE...wow