Marialittlebzz, I have just taken up bee keeping and this winter will be the my first winter with my little hive of bees. So far so good but now is a very dangerous time for the honey bee so my fingers are crossed tightly. There is something called colony collapse disorder and it is wiping out many hives, though they say it is not in the UK yet, bee keepers are sure it is! It's has the nick name of the 'Marie Celeste' disease as that it what the hive looks like when you open it after the winter....EMPTY!
All our native bees need as much help as we can give - plus some!
My 'girls' were working very hard yesterday, lots of mouths to feed and still not much food to be had!