Flying Bees and Honey

Jan 14

Thanks to some warm air from the south pacific, when the sun came out this afternoon the temperature reportedly shot up to a balmy 12 degrees. It was a lovely day for flying so the bees came out.
I thought, "I've got to open up the hive and look inside!" so I did. Sorry there are no pix but I will describe what I saw inside: bees and honey -lots of it!
I didn't take apart the whole hive, just pulled a couple frames out of the top box to peer inside. What I saw was frame after frame of capped honey. I was wondering how quickly they were eating up their stores during the recent cold snowy times that the thermometer dipped below 0. Today I am confident they have plenty till the flowers start opening.


And now a note about mead: I had meant to get you (PJ) some bottles for Christmas, but due to usual holiday madness and also a dose of personal lameness I never did. So they are still waiting for you, maybe I can send some with agent D to give you at the usual afternoon rendezvous, or we can coordinate something else.

edit: i almost forgot, thanx so much for that awesome bee related stuff! the honey pot is so great!