I've been worried about bears and my bees for a long time. Funny thing is, neither of us can remember if the local bear has gotten into my hive before yesterday or not. But sure as the day is long, the bear had managed to get into our yard and into my hive early yesterday morning. Everything was askew and on the ground. Bees were buzzing about dazed and most of the comb was destroyed. I'll be lucky if the queen survived any of this.
After having experienced my first disappointment earlier this spring when I thought the hive had collapsed during the winter, the devastation yesterday was heartwrenching.
Just now Jamie said that he sees some bees buzzing around the hive - we had put it all back together yesterday morning. These bees will truly be my heroes if they can come back from prolonged negative winter temperatures and the destruction of a bear.
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| dead bees |
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| I have to do some research on this, not exactly sure what it is. |
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| possible bear claw marks |
