New member and 'beehaver' here. Just installed my first two packages last Saturday and it's been cold ever since. Hopefully things warm up soon and I can start transitioning to the title 'beekeeper'!
Welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll warm up before we do. It's good to have you here.
What part of SD are you in ,I'm east central but have been in TX all winter missing all the snow :-D :-D,be back up in a couple of weeks
I'm about 20 miles west of Sioux Falls near Humboldt. Installed my bees last Saturday at 34 degrees and I don't think we've seen the 40 degree mark since. :(
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I need to make a trip up to Sturgis some time...I gotta see your yards Bruce!
BTW, welcome Compound!
Scott
welcome compound. I am 25 east of you, from Brandon. I am down in Texas working my bee's now. 90's here yesterday, enjoy the cool while you still can.
Joel
Quote from: splitrock on April 20, 2011, 07:53:11 AM
...enjoy the cool while you still can.
Haha - thanks. I'll be sure and pass that along to my California born bees!
Are you getting feed into those bees? I followed others who put warm syrup in a gallon zip lock bag and lay it directly on top of the frames where the bes are clustered and poking a couple 1 inch holes in the top of the upper side. I tried the feeder jars and they seem to cool off and not get used. We had a foot of wet snow to wake up to this morning and it snowed til noon! Supposed to hit fifty tomorrow. I pray for some global warming to hit here!