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jcgoldie

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4. Welcome to climate change

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 02:32 PM

Feb 2022

Every year I have to start feeding the honeybees sugar earlier and earlier because they expand numbers rapidly when we get a week in the 50s and 60s as you said. They try to expand to meet the spring blooms, then they starve a couple of weeks before the flowers come if you dont feed sugar.

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Here in eastern Kansas, February is the new March. [View all] tblue37 Feb 2022 OP

It was 73 degrees yesterday at lunch and I went for a walk Shrek Feb 2022 #1

Temp here is 16, "real feel" -4. Supposed to briefly reach 24 this afternoon, but yesterday was 69. tblue37 Feb 2022 #2

We are getting that here in Iowa also - but I do remember from my youth rurallib Feb 2022 #3

But this has been going on all month this time. tblue37 Feb 2022 #5

Ah - understand rurallib Feb 2022 #6

Welcome to climate change jcgoldie Feb 2022 #4