Jon, Shane, and I traveled down to the Bees this morning to check on their condition. The wrapping we put in place has taken quite a beating but is in place still and hopefully keeping our girls warm. I did notice a bit of condensation inside the plastic and cut holes in the wrap to allow them to dry.
Very little movement in and out of hives was seen, in fact only 2 bees were seen. The wind was fairly strong 5 to 10 miles per hour, and the outside temp was 45 degrees. It was heavily overcast so I didn't expect to see much in the way of traffic. The outside of the hives do show signs of cleansing flights. The wind seems to be taking any dead bees from in front of the hives. I even tried my lucky pocket knife to see if any dead bees were near the door. In our December inspection we saw many bees that had been moved out of the hive. So I was a little concerned but will follow up with a later inspection to see what the condition is.
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