The temperature went up into the mid 40s F and since I was off for president’s day, I decided to feed Martha some pollen substitute. I have a few slabs in the freezer. Martha and Connie had dead bees outside their front doors, which I expect is from mid winter cleaning.
I opened Martha and quickly set the pollen patty over the frames near where they were clustered. There was a visible mass of bees just below the top of the frames and they were moving. As I put the top back on, one slow moving girl came out of the hive to challenge me. I hope she made it back in as I quickly as I left.
By the way, yesterday, February 14, was my Aunt Connie’s 92nd birthday. Happy birthday Aunt Connie. (My granddfather was reading a book when she was born in which the heroine was named Consuela. He liked the name, but he pronounced it Con-Sue-Ella.)
