After hive inspections today, we can confirm we had one hive make it through the winter. We lost the other four. We are so happy to see the alive hive buzzing with activity - this was the hive that was decimated last year when our neighbour had his property sprayed for mosquitoes and we lost almost all the bees and had to requeen. Today we added some mite treatment strips, a pollen patty, and fed them a bucket of sugar syrup. We are so happy to have these ladies stick with us for 2024. Hopefully they thrive and we can split into some new hives. Please do not spray your property for mosquitos. I know mosquitos are a pain, but spraying is detrimental to pollinators including honey bees.
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