Tucked away for winter… or are they?

I went to check in on the bees today, wondering how they’ve been doing in this early cold snap we’ve had. Here’s what they looked like when we arrived…. pretty quiet. I’m not sure if it was me, or my barking companion Nanook the…

Prepping bees for winter

The bees made it through the fall (yay!) and so we are getting them set for their first winter. It’s a tricky business trying to help bees survive through our long, cold Ontario winters. Roughly 25% of colonies in Ontario won’t make it through…