Olivares queens produced a golden bee
Fully suited last weekend, I went with Mark as he fed the bees out at Elm Creek. He showed me one of the hives because he knew I would want to see some more of the beautiful golden bees that are coming along from the Olivares queens he recently put in the hives out there. They’re so pretty! You can really see the difference between their coloring and the other bees.
The nice thing about living in the south is that I’m assuming you don’t have to wrap the bees over the winter. Which only means, you don’t get a rest. There’s always the anticipation in the spring to see whether or not they made it through the winter.
No, I don’t wrap the bees here in South Texas, although it does cross my mind when a cold spell is in the forecast. I split a few hives this fall and I’m anxious to see how they overwinter.