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Livestock => Bees & Beekeeping => Topic started by: Bramblecot on February 25, 2015, 03:25:52 pm

Title: Early flying days
Post by: Bramblecot on February 25, 2015, 03:25:52 pm

Just looked out of the window and the Daphne odorata variety 'Jacqueline Postill' is covered in honey bees feeding on the flowers ;D .  It's quite chilly and been drizzling on and off all day.  Sadly we no longer keep bees so I guess a wild colony is making the most of a break in the  :raining: even though there is no sun.

Title: Re: Early flying days
Post by: cloddopper on February 26, 2015, 05:32:58 pm

So long as it is day light & the temp is 50 oF ( 10C ) bees will try and fly . Occasionally they get fooled by strong sunlight being reflected on snow and a few come out for , " A morning constitutional " . Evidently If the clouds arrive when they are out they often fail to make it back to the cluster .

Title: Re: Early flying days
Post by: Bionic on February 26, 2015, 06:15:02 pm

Ours haven't ventured out today but they were flying yesterday when it was warmer

Title: Re: Early flying days
Post by: HesterF on February 26, 2015, 11:31:17 pm

Haven't seen mine out - but we also haven't hit 10 degrees yet so probably a good job! Wish it would dry up a bit.....

Title: Re: Early flying days
Post by: cloddopper on February 27, 2015, 12:13:56 am

her in my locality of South wales It's bee as dry as a camels foot for nearly six weeks . three weeks ago I emptied my 310 litre water barrel re-constituting coir waste for our big outside flower tubs  and it's not re filled with much more than  four inches of rain.
in a normal days rain it gets filled and over flows .

 Today has been dry and not too cool so long as I was in the suntrap but by 16.30 it was getting rather brassy to say the least .  I reckon we'll have a visit from Jack Frost to night.