In my state of Georgia we have been having a pretty cold winter this year. That got me to thinking about the honeybees in my area. I use to own and raise honey bees and I know they have to do a good job in the fall, so they can survive the winters. Normally our winters in North Georgia isn’t that bad. It’s been different this year and we are actually seeing snow this year. We went through one period already when temperatures stayed below freezing for 15 straight days. That is very unusual for us and I wonder how the honeybees did during this cold spell. We have had 2 snow storms that has left the ground white and the snow stuck around for a couple of days. They are now forecasting snow for Valentines Day night and we still have a little snow left from Friday’s snow event.

All of these cold temperatures and snow hanging around for days is probably going to diminish a lot of the honey bee population in Georgia. I would imagine most hives will have enough honey and food to survive, but they are probably losing a lot more worker bees than normal. When the weather does warm back up, I don’t know if there will be enough worker bees left to bring in the first food of the spring season. The hives that do survive the winter this year, may live long enough to just die in early spring. It should be interesting to see how many honey bees take flight in the Georgia skies this spring.

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