How are your bees doing this spring? It has been a very mild winter through the PNW with record warm temperatures in December and January. Brood rearing started early with abundant opportunities for pollen foraging. Pollen means colonies have started brood rearing and their spring colony expansion. Spring has arrived even if the weather doesn’t always remind us of spring.

The electronic survey was opened early this year on March 1 and will extend through March and the month of April. If you overwintered colonies please share your winter survival results and management performed throughout the year to control mites (you may skip management questions).  Click the button below or go to https://pnwhoneybeesurvey.com/survey

Beginning in May you may go to pnwhoneybeesurvey.com to find reports of state and local bee club responses. All responses are anonymous without identifying individual respondents. You may click on the unsubscribe link below if you do not wish to receive further reminders from us.