West coast weather.  Our local bee club recorded the first swarm of the year
on Feb. 15.  One of my hives swarmed on feb 26 with a second swarm on march
1, both of which I was able to collect inbetween rain storms.  A second hive
swarmed on march 9, the first day of real sunshine we have had in a month.
I had reversed boxes on Feb 3 and then the weather cooled dramatically with
intense rain, so I was unable to go into the hives again until now.  As of
yesterday two other hives had 15 and 16 deep frames of brood in all stages,
very few drones.  The eucalyptus, plums, apricots, scotch broom, dandelion
are all blooming but our serious honey flow won't start for a month.  Seems
like a roaring spring has sprung.

Sarah Grew
Richmond, CA