Some of my hives were setup in an almond orchard in Central California for the winter. This is quite amazing in that it was almond 80 degrees F every day while I worked there. The bees 'woke up' from being pretty cold here in Eastern Washington. They were hungry so I provided them with extra syrup and pollen patties.
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| Beautiful Almond Orchard |
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Placed Hives with Nuc Boxes
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The "Nuc Boxes" in the foreground are for next years new colony starts. We should do great here with lots of drones and sunny weather in April!
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| Pollen patties - they loved these! |
When the bees 'woke up' they were extremely active and hungry. I fed lots of syrup and pollen patties to each hive. They seemed to enjoy this!
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| An old memory... |
This picture brought back some great memories of my youth. I spent quite a bit of time on the
Toluomne River hunting and fishing. It is so exciting to come back to this area - doing something different with my bees. This Spring is going to be great!
It turns out that there are many beekeepers who overwinter their bees here. This yard had hundreds of hives near a place called "Dry Creek" just about 20 miles away.
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| Other bee yards |
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