Because of the rain and melting snow the creek that runs through our farm overflowed its banks and the bottom half of two of the hives were under water with another hive tipped right over.
When the creek level went down we were able to go and have a look at the damage. Surprisingly there were still bees in all three hives although the hive that was tipped over didn't have many bees that survived and it will be surprising if any of the hives survive. Luckily we still have three other hives at our farm that weren't affected by the flooding.
4 comments:
Thats doesn't look so nice, maybe Bill and Isabel have a spare hive for you. And did the water also go into the shed.
Fokke.
Actually we had plenty of honey last year so we can lose one or two hives. We will have the bees make a new hive or two. The water didn't go as high as the shed. Your skiing trip to Austria looked like a fun time Fokke. Say hello to Tineke for us.
Perhaps you should hook them up to a couple of pontoons, allowing them to float with the rising tide...
Or we could give them lifejackets for next spring.
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