One Hive Clustered, One Hive... (well, you know how it is!)

Today is the 6th day since their last feeding so it was time for another feeding for the OV hive. Our temps have been in the low 40's with some days this past week being quite windy and brisk. My mild-mannered Sasha hive has perfectly clustered like the good little bees they are. But was I expecting the same for the OV hive? Oh no... Not the OV hive.

This picture has nothing to do with this
post but will certainly make you smile!

Those Russian bees were just hanging out and moving around, loving life while waiting for dinner to arrive. Since they replaced their queen this spring, they've not been the same as they were for the first year. They once were the textbook hive: rearing brood, making honey and clustering when they should be. Now they're the fun loving, full of life Russians that you expect any vodka-drinking Russian to be. So very different from the Sasha hive!