Congratulations to Me

This is just me talking about how happy I am with this particular colony next to my house in #Flatrock, #Newfoundland. I congratulate myself, but really it's the bees that did most of the heavy lifting. Beekeepers, addicted to the the instant adoration and love that is bestowed upon beekeepers, tend to give themselves way too much credit.
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[@cindypoitras-farahani8027]

Bloody good job fellow Canadian

[@gallowaylights]

My strong hive got weak... Three swarms😮

[@gallowaylights]

Because it's close to the ground? Does that help?

[@mudsongs]

I don't think being close to the cold damp ground helps. Mostly I'd say it was the large population going into winter with so much honey that I didn't need to feed them. Big clusters going into winter usually turn into big clusters coming out of winter.

[@user-wf8gu7mt7d]

I have wintered bees directly on the ground and they did great. I have seen other people do it as well. I don’t think it helps them but it don’t hurt them. can have other problems like snow or ice blocking them and flooding at all would be bad. The old timers would use Soiled bottom and they used an empty box under. It would keep the frost down and that could help. They sell them landing board things and that’s where it comes from. Nowadays people will have those on stands. that doesn’t make sense to me. It’s supposed to go right on the ground to get that effect.