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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: BlueBee on December 08, 2013, 03:37:44 am

Title: Colder than HELsinki
Post by: BlueBee on December 08, 2013, 03:37:44 am

Brrrr is it cold out there!  I hope you and your bees are keeping warm.

Unfortunately I’ve been too busy to add electric heat to my smaller medium nucs and suspect I will lose a lot of them. :( 

How’s your bees liking the cold?

Title: Re: Colder than HELsinki
Post by: BeeMaster2 on December 08, 2013, 07:01:13 am

Cold, it was 84 degrees yesterday and will probably be I the 80's again today.  :-D Bees are bringing in lots of pollen.
The jet stream that looped down bringing in cold weather to most of the US is pulling up warm humid air from the south, to north east FL.
I grew up in eastern PA. I miss the snow and ice.
Jim

Title: Re: Colder than HELsinki
Post by: GSF on December 08, 2013, 07:22:49 am

I was sweating at work last Thursday and Friday. Yesterday at work wasn't bad (40s). Like sawdstmakr said. When I went outside Thursday morning before daybreak - it was muggy.

It's gotta be tough up north, hat's off to yall.

Title: Re: Colder than HELsinki
Post by: T Beek on December 08, 2013, 08:23:29 am

Kinda balmy this morning, only 9 below zero.  Had 19 below yesterday  :laugh: 

All five colonies had some 'frost' accumulated around the top entrances.  They're ALIVE!

Title: Re: Colder than HELsinki
Post by: S.M.N.Bee on December 08, 2013, 12:34:25 pm

Twelve degrees and snow here in southern Minnesota.

John