Popular Post Ronny 31 Posted March 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2016 @Ronny - I was in germany a couple of weeks ago, went for a walk on a hill in Aachen and saw some hives - the bees were flying, bringing in a couple of different colours of pollen. I was surprised to see action so early in the season! I didn't want to be off topic in the "show your truck" thread by answering. So I moved it to the International Beekeeping Forum. Yes the last real winter here in Germany was in 2010 (with down to -20°C and snow for some month). The last to winters were far too warm. Hardly frost or snow. So the bees were flying many times in winter. Nobody here is happy about this, because they have no brood-stop. This means a very low impact of the treatment with oxalic acid in December and that they need to much food for maintaining the brood. Usually we feed sugar till October and its lasting till cherry-blossom in April. This year many hives used all the food already till January/February and many beekeepers are forced to feed now, which is not what anybody wants to do. 2010: a nice winter with more than 3 month of snow and temperatures till -25°C. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
tom sayn 1,261 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 nice foto, @Ronny where exactly are you based? Link to post Share on other sites
Ronny 31 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 @tom sayn East-Thuringia. (To keep the hundreds of hours of filling up honey and labeling interesting, I'm listening to audiobooks or podcasts. Funnily I was listening to a very nice Austrian bee podcast this week that was with you Tom. The interview was very interesting!) Link to post Share on other sites
tom sayn 1,261 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 it's a small world, isn't it. glade you enjoyed it. haven't seen much of your neck of the woods, i have to admit. you probably get some of that pitch black forest honey, right? what's that worth these days? Link to post Share on other sites
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