3.5 million bees keep warm on Vancouver Island before heading to Prairies
Three and a half million honey bees are spending the end of winter on Vancouver Island while waiting for the weather to warm up on the Prairies.
The bees arrived in frames weighing two kilograms each, with approximately 10,000 worker bees and one queen bee which will be the boss of every hive. The new arrivals are replacement stock for bees lost over the winter in the hives in Saskatchewan due to cold and disease. While in their new homes, the bees will be fed a syrup consisting of 50 per cent sugar until the weather warms up. The syrup is delivered through special pails or trays placed on top of the hives. It is easier for bees to digest “honey” made from sugar syrup than from nectar in cold temperatures. When beekeepers collect honey from the hives in mid to late summer, they leave enough honey for the bees to eat during the fall.
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