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In winter the bees fly much less. At the moment we only see a few bees flying on a warmer day. The queen stops laying eggs and the jobs of the worker bees changes – they now have to make sure the hive survives the winter by keeping eachother warm. To keep warm they vibrate…

Propolis is a sticky, resinous compound that bees used for many purposes, including sealing cracks to keep out drafts. Propolis is sometimes called bee glue and they produce it by mixing saliva, wax and sticky tree sap. Checking the hives this afternoon, we spotted that one colony of bees has almost completely sealed up their entrance…