A couple weeks of cold. One night -17. Huge amount of snow, more than anytime in last 10 years. Snow up to the landing board. Turning warmer today, high above freezing. I waded out with the snow shovel to remove snow off the top of the swarm hive and from the landing board -- slant of the hive i think lets water
run back into the hive. Scraping with the shovel caused a couple of bees to come out of the 2nd story bore hole. I assume as a defensive response. Both fell into the snow and perished. I tried to save the first bee, but she was unable to take off, it was about 13 degrees, then the 2nd bee responded so i figured better to just leave them alone and limit their reasons to come out.
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