At the hive entrance on sunny days I still notice activity. Even today as the shadows grow longer and the temperature drops there are bees still out working. Should I feed them? Should I shrink their entrance and give them their quilts? Today I ended up feeding each of the two hives another quart of their own honey and blocking half of the rest of the exposed entrance because its supposed to be cold tonight. I dont feel its time for the quilts yet. This year feels like last winter with many warm days through December, but I could be wrong. I will need a warm day to add shallow supers with cedar quilts to prevent mites and too much humidity in the hive when cold weather comes, so I hope I am not wrong.
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