I have 2 questions. I have pot plants on my patio and I cover them or take them in the garage when it is going to freeze. Why can’t the hives be protected in the winter?
Next question. What about wild bees in cold climates, how do they survive the inter?
Seriously?
If they have enough honey, they can keep themselves from freezing even in the harshest of climates.
Moving a hive is tricky. First, bees are very set on the exact location of their hive as they orient themselves to the exact location of their hive on their first flight. It is said you can only move a hive less than three feet or more than three miles. There are ways to encourage to bees to reorient themselves when a does have to be moved. Furthermore, if you were to take the hives inside, they would think it was spring or at least think the weather was warm and some would leave the hive for cleansing flights. Some might even leave to forage.
Beehives do survive in harsh climates, but they need food.
Beehives survive winters covered in s