I am hopeful that this prolonged cold spell is coming to an end. It has now been chilly here in NE Wales for March,most of April and the first 3 weeks of May with dipping night time temperatures and cold winds. As a result the bees haven’t brought in very much nectar at all and consuming last years stores to feed the strong and growing populations.I have been adding back in frames of stores that I took out of heavy hives in April to give the queens room to lay.Lesson learnt….