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Beginners forum, ask beekeeping related questions and get help from other experienced beekeepers. Please use the Search Feature please to avoid duplicated threads
 #9764  by Cable_Fairy
 09 Jan 2021, 11:28
Steve 1972 wrote:
09 Jan 2021, 10:02
This winter has been the coldest and most prolonged cold spell of my beekeeping days..and I can not remember the last time I have had to work in so many -0 mornings where all the scaffolding tubes and boards have all been stuck together..
Its not been above zero here for two weeks, the BBC says it should be 3 degrees this morning however they forgot the minus
 #9765  by NigelP
 09 Jan 2021, 12:09
Indeed they did, -2 at 12 O'clock today. Bees still not clustered in their cosy hives.

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 #9770  by Chrisbarlow
 10 Jan 2021, 18:13
They look well Nigel I must admit. I've both really opened any of mine up and looked. Hefted them all and 4-5 needed fondant but that was it and they looked ok but they were all nucs. Ranging from 4-6 frames depending on nuc