This has had to be the most consistently cold April that I can recall in the past many years. The next 4 days aren’t looking much better either though it’s actually on the warm side compared to the past few days with highs that only were in the mid 40s.
Typically we would have nearly half our mating nucs out in the field and would be on our 3rd grafting cycle. But we are only on our first cycle and if it stays too cold or wet this weekend it may be a complete bust. Interestingly this was the first time I’ve every had customers call and ask if we could delay package bees because of the cold weather.
I just hope this cycle breaks soon…
