The temperatures got up in to the low 50s today which brought the bees out of all of the hives, doing some orientation flights hovering in front of the hives and going in and out of the hives.
Here bees land on the South hives. This hive was probably the least active of the three, but was still quite active.
The top entrance of the South hive was also busy.
The middle hive was the most active of the three, with a considerable number of bees hovering in front appearing to do orientation flights, particularly when the sun was out.
The top entrance of the middle hive was also active, but most of the bees seemed to prefer the bottom entrance.
The bottom of the North hive was also active, favoring, as always, the far left side of the entrance. Overall, I was quite happy to see this much activity mid-way through the winter, showing that all hives were still alive. We do, though, have a long way to go before winter survival can be confirmed.
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