The weather forecast mid-December 2010 was for more snow and record low temps.
As a first-year Missouri honey beekeeper, a week of temps below zero had me worried about how well my two honey bee hives were doing without insulation so I bundled up the hives.
There apparently are at least two schools of thought about winterizing honey bees; one says honeybees will be fine, the other one says they need help keeping warm.
I also read honeybees will gather at the center of the hive and literally die from starvation because it's too cold for them to eat honey from the edge of the honeycombs. We're having record cold temps. I decided my honeybees could use a little help.
Right before Christmas, I added bales of straw around the two backyard honey bee hives.
It was a first for the driver of the MFA truck making the delivery; he waited patiently as I found flower pots to use as footings to keep the stray bales close to the bee hives.
As a first-year Missouri honey beekeeper, a week of temps below zero had me worried about how well my two honey bee hives were doing without insulation so I bundled up the hives.
There apparently are at least two schools of thought about winterizing honey bees; one says honeybees will be fine, the other one says they need help keeping warm.
I also read honeybees will gather at the center of the hive and literally die from starvation because it's too cold for them to eat honey from the edge of the honeycombs. We're having record cold temps. I decided my honeybees could use a little help.
Right before Christmas, I added bales of straw around the two backyard honey bee hives.
It was a first for the driver of the MFA truck making the delivery; he waited patiently as I found flower pots to use as footings to keep the stray bales close to the bee hives.
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