Spring has sprung

[graybear]

Have lost all faith in the groundhog. Woke up to white ground this morning. If this is an early Spring, what would a long Winter have been like?   

[DandJofAZ]

Snowing again right now....last nights melted off today, but who knows about tomorrow..colder now too..

Doug

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

 OMG get your shorts on it's almost 50 degrees here. Party, Party,Party

[Rocky]

We had it in the sixties today, my bees were flyin' everywhere. This is a first this year up here. I figure those five foot snow banks in the shade will be gone in a week or two.

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

We had it in the sixties today, my bees were flyin' everywhere. This is a first this year up here. I figure those five foot snow banks in the shade will be gone in a week or two.

I use to keep bee's, mine loved sugar water. I wish I could keep some here in oregon.

[Blackfeet]

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[Rocky]

they don't let ya keep bees in Oregon

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

 Theyed freeze anyway,too fast temperature change here in central oregon , be 80 then 10 min later snowing,had them when I was a kid in Cali, Italian bees, real friendly.

[Rocky]

It has really changed, you wouldn't believe the problems keeping Bees now.

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

Too many rules and regs I bet.

[Rocky]

Nope, that is the problem it is a combination of things, pesticides, foreign invaders (the bug type,) and maybe us messin' with the genetics of our crops.

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

 They say the bees are all dying off, if thats the case it's only a matter of time before were next. Most people don't fathom how important bee's are.

[Rocky]

Brokenhawk, you are exactly right.

[Tim Burns]

They say the bees are all dying off, if thats the case it's only a matter of time before were next. Most people don't fathom how important bee's are.

Hawk: Actually the Bees aren't dying off - the single biggest problem is the Varroa mite that attacks bee colonies and can totally decimate an active colony in two seasons - but not to be out done, Bee experts are working hard to develop bees in this country that are resistant to the mites and actually seek them out and destroy them in the colonies. I tend to stay far away as being allergic, one sting can ruin my day. OK enough of Tim's early morning ramblings?

[crazell]

I've haven't heard about the Varroa mites. Where did thay come from and how long ago?