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Re: Late Winter Feeding
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2014, 05:51:32 pm »
"At what temperature do bees go into a cluster?"

at about 57 degrees f bees begin to form a cluster.
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Re: Late Winter Feeding
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2014, 06:25:15 pm »
No, Lazy, I said they begin to cluster at 55 degrees. They are at full cluster at 43 degrees. That is the temp inside the hive away from the cluster. That is not the temp where the sun is hitting the front of the hive and it is not 10 feet away from the hive. The temp can change in a matter of feet.
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Re: Late Winter Feeding
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2014, 11:56:56 pm »
Hiya riv- it was about 40 today, and we have predicted snow for a couple of days. So I took a quick peek to see if there was some winter pattie left, there is. However the bees are very active inside the hive, and even came out of the inner cover entrance a bit. Crazy Beez!
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Re: Late Winter Feeding
« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2014, 09:51:18 am »
Quote from: Jen on February 06, 2014, 11:56:56 pm
Hiya riv- it was about 40 today, and we have predicted snow for a couple of days. So I took a quick peek to see if there was some winter pattie left, there is. However the bees are very active inside the hive, and even came out of the inner cover entrance a bit. Crazy Beez!

I bet if you went back in about an hour after opening the hive and  took a look they would have been in a cluster ;)
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