Once again the Southern centric BBKA have decided to do their survey a month before ' Winter ' has finished here. In fact the year my daughter was born it snowed about 2 inches the first week in May and our last frost date is mid June. I did manage to do a very quick inspection of most of my colonies last week but not the 6 at home as it was too cold. I have about 4 colonies that will die or live depending on the weather in the next 2 weeks. most years I am unable to inspect before mid April. So once again I will not be filling in a winter loss survey as its not a true reflection on beekeeping in my area as Winter is not over yet.
IMHO these surveys should take place in May.
Cheers, Mick.
IMHO these surveys should take place in May.
Cheers, Mick.