What happens inside a winter beehive? ✨❄️🐝Unlike other exothermic (cold-blooded) insects, honeybees don’t die in the fall, nor hibernate in winter.
In temps below 48F bee wing muscles can fail to function & foraging for food can.. (👇Contd.)

HoneyGirlGrows Had a little check (visual only) on my five hives yesterday (NW London) & they were out flying a little (8’C) fingers crossed they have all made it through our winter 🤞🏻🐝❤️

Ricky Rusby 🤞🤞🤞I hope they make it! We will have a drought this year - as hard as winter on bees, no fun fir beekeepers & little honey. Good luck to your girls!

HoneyGirlGrows Thank you ! ❤️🐝