Spring

A late April snow storm killed off two and a half of the surviving colonies. By the time I was able to move them to my new home, I had two and a tea cup left--and the tea cup has now officially dwindled to nothing but a dozen bees and a queen. I don't think it's CCD in this case, just a sad little colony with a failed queen.

But the two colonies are booming! Each started on one medium (for easy transport). I added a second medium a couple of weeks ago, and today added a medium to one and a deep to the other. Considering how tiny they were when they started out, that's amazing!

Forage has been good. I moved them just as dandelions were blooming. Apples came next. There's some kind of creeping Charlie weed everywhere in the lawn that they like, and no doubt other things that I don't recognize, including a weedy looking bush that is blooming, and that I see everywhere on my strolls.