As i am writing this the temperatures are still around freezing. There is hardly any activity to see outside the hive, but things are stirring inside though. As the honey bee colony comes through the winter, the activity inside the hive starts to increase. If you were to look inside you would find that the queen has started to lay again. The bees are just waiting for the temperature to rise to 10 degrees and more. Bees will then be able to bring in that oh so important pollen.
The colony will then start to build up numbers and prepare themselves for spring. We need to do the same.
Over the last month we have been busy hollowing out logs. These will be future homes for our native honey bees.