Yesterday I took a walk to my hives just to check everything was OK.
All winter preparations were completed some time ago.  It was about 3pm
and a few bees were flying.  Then I saw a drone entering one of the
hives.  There was no doubt.  It had some trouble getting through the
mouse guard so I had plenty of time to look at it.  Is this unusual or
have I just never noticed it before?  Around here the expulsion of the
drones is usually in August.  Sometimes a few hang on till early
September.  The only unusual thing I can think of is that it's been
warmer than normal for the time of year.  We've only had one frost so
far and that was in early October.
 
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