On Sat, 1 Apr 1995, Eric Abell wrote: > On Sat, 1 Apr 1995, Dave Green, Eastern Pollinator Newsletter wrote: > > > Dear Bee-L'ers: > > > > We arrived back from our Florida bees last week to South Carolina, to find > > swarms galore. The season is about a week early, and I am about a week later > > than I had wanted to be. Dewberries are in full bloom. > > Nice to hear of your adventures and thanks for indicating the area you > are in. I appeal to everyone to indicate their location - it makes for > much more interesting reading. > > Here in northern Alberta my bees are still wrapped up. I was going to > start unwrapping next week (early for me) but the forecast calls for > below freezing at night so I may wait awhile yet. A little south of Eric (150 miles), we are getting calls about bees around buildings and in chop bins, so I am off to unwrap some hives. Should probably have done so a week or two back to head this off a bit. While they are wrapped, they break cluster sooner and tend to fly around and make a nuisance of themselves and dwindle. Unwrapped, they tend to sit on the brood more and conserve their energy. No willows or trees yet. It's been dry -- and cool too, until the last week, and everything is a little late. Nothing for the bees to do except snoop. Should have put out some beepro or soyflour, I guess, but it is expensive and a hassle. But then bees in neighbours yards is bad PR. W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper VE6CFK Rural Route One Swalwell Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0 Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Virtual Art Gallery: http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~dicka __________________Why not drop by?____________________