Author Topic: Good Morning Post (Read 158002 times)

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #280 on:** February 25, 2014, 12:04:49 pm »

Good grief, its the neverending winter!!!!
negative temps again.. looks like at LEAST another ten days of 0 or below at night with the warmest temp being 23 on Friday. Glad my bees got a chance to get out last week, but I am starting to get a really bad feeling about this.
I guess the sunny side of the cloud is that the bees I do have survive WILL BE survivors.

Class last night, talked with several beekeepers. MOST have OVER 50% loss now. the local breeder has lost 80% of his Nuc's and 30% of his production hives.
the gent I bought my extractor from has lost all 18 of his hives. Those who still have live bees are worried SICK, much like I am. They, Like I set my bees up with 100 to 120 lbs of stores. Almost every one of them checked their bees when we had the 50 degree day, and 95% of them found their bees IN the very top of the hives. Everyone was scrambling to get sugar into their hives.
Every one was trying to find bees to buy last night. Looks like it will at least be a good year for package and Nuc producers.

JPthebeeman · « **Reply #281 on:** February 26, 2014, 11:08:12 am »

Looks like the last cold front quite possibly for us before spring sets in, bees should be swarming this week

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LazyBkpr · « **Reply #282 on:** February 26, 2014, 05:27:18 pm »

hehe Time for you to get back to work Making Vids JP! Just watch out for that Swamp Honey Lady!

JPthebeeman · « **Reply #283 on:** February 27, 2014, 01:02:05 am »

Hee Hee, she was a trip, smoky & sweet

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mamapoppybee · « **Reply #284 on:** February 27, 2014, 07:55:47 am »

rain to ice mix heading our way! precip is good i jjust dont like layers of ice.

blueblood · « **Reply #285 on:** February 27, 2014, 09:25:48 am »

Morning! 19 degrees and winter storm on the way. Geeeesh, I hear ya Lazy. I am so anxious to get out to my hives and check their food and clean any dead outs.

JPthebeeman · « **Reply #286 on:** February 27, 2014, 09:35:19 am »

37 here now, that's blizzard weather for us, Lol

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blueblood · « **Reply #287 on:** February 27, 2014, 09:49:47 am »

Oh, I would trade for 37 anytime....ha! Blizzard....

rodmaker · « **Reply #288 on:** February 27, 2014, 09:54:08 am »

good mourning all .55 inches of rain over night will take all we can get. 66 degrees and overcast and more rain on the way today.

Marbees · « **Reply #289 on:** February 27, 2014, 01:13:14 pm »

- 13 C/ 9 F, windchill - 26 C/ - 15 F, another week of deep freeze
Three months without the break. If any of my hives survive I should start queen rearing , survivor stock $500/queen $:-\$

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #290 on:** February 28, 2014, 03:16:22 am »

More snow moving in. Ugh! I've certainly had enough of winter.
I will also add, my house was the only one for miles around, that still had snow in the front yard and on the drive way. Parking lots with black snow piles don't count.

Papakeith · « **Reply #291 on:** February 28, 2014, 06:07:48 am »

another dusting of snow this morning. Plus some bitter cold. I am totally ready for some real spring weather.

blueblood · « **Reply #292 on:** February 28, 2014, 06:44:06 am »

Good Morning! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Perry · « **Reply #293 on:** February 28, 2014, 08:04:01 am »

Good morning.
I feel for ya Marbees.
We have so much snow, the Walmart parking lot is only half the size it normally is because of the mountain of snow. Last year there was still snow on their lot in June. This year is worse.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #294 on:** February 28, 2014, 08:34:25 am »

Looks like Titan is about to drop a few inches on us, but were not in the worst of it so I won't complain. You folks further south are going to get the freezing rain.
Also looks like next week its going to warm up into the 20's.. really tired of being excited about temps that are STILL below freezing.. About time SOMEONE figured out how to make it warm up, and rain, snow, or get cold ONLY when I need a day off

rodmaker · « **Reply #295 on:** February 28, 2014, 10:00:00 am »

Another .50 inches of rain over night not enough for the farmers to get water but it helps. We are at 36% of normal rain this year how about you kind folks to the east sending us some of your rain and snow? sixty degrees here today the rain has stopped and the girls are flying.

iddee · « **Reply #296 on:** February 28, 2014, 10:04:58 am »

Haven't been able to get to the back of the property since mid Jan. with all the mud.I'm ready to send you some of the precip. Just tell me how.

Jen · « **Reply #297 on:** February 28, 2014, 11:56:47 am »

Send that rain California way Iddee. Dark dark talk of Cali burning up this summer. Nothing like 105 degree in July with the air full of smoke

Slowmodem · « **Reply #298 on:** February 28, 2014, 09:19:17 pm »

Quote from: blueblood on February 27, 2014, 09:25:48 am

Morning! 19 degrees and winter storm on the way. Geeeesh, I hear ya Lazy. I am so anxious to get out to my hives and check their food and clean any dead outs.

Our tv weatherman says there's a chance of up to 16" of snow in the Indy area with the upcoming storm.

I hope everyone up there fares ok!

(of course, it's going to be 70F here Sunday

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LazyBkpr · « **Reply #299 on:** February 28, 2014, 10:17:16 pm »

calling for 6 - 8 inches here. Most of the worst of Titan is south of us. Dont envy those to the south getting the ice.