africanized bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:42:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 africanized bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Do You Have a Hot Hive? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/do-you-have-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/do-you-have-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:47:56 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4255 The governor of Michigan just declared a State of Emergency for our state due to record-breaking low temperatures. As I write this post (January 2019), it’s currently -6 degrees F with a wind chill of -30. So worrying if our hive is overheated is really not a concern right now…quite the opposite. However, coming this […]

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