I am at 59 degrees N in Fort Nelson. (Mile 300 on the Alaska Highway).  I
hived my first two packages of bees ever on Monday.  It has proceeded to
snow all week with temperatures between -5 and 5 degrees Celsius (27- 37
Fahrenheit?) all week.  I am a little bit discouraged.

Hopefully my bees survive the week and it warms up soon.  They were
installed in brand new hives with hive top feeders and 1:1 sugar syrup.  I
have not been out to check them since Monday as they are quite a ways out
of town at a friends farm.  I figure that it is best not to disturb them
while it is this cold.  I plan on removing the queen cages on Saturday.

The price of doing business this far north and in the interior I guess.

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