04/28/2026
Life of the bees. They love the anel hive. We had struggled with years and our bees over wintering. Even when doing all the things right. Mite treatments, feed, insulation.
Temps and winters in ozarks is almost its own little micro climate on the mountain. Our flow is always 3 weeks behind river valley and 2 from Fayetteville. I swore by screened bottom boards for years. But for some reason they just were not working for our bees. Even using an insulated sliding board. We lost several hive over winter the past few years. Frustrated and about ready to give up we talked to John.
Switching to solid bottom board has been a game changer! Our bees are just exploding. This is our second spring with this hive!
A huge thanks to John from Central Beekeepers Supply for helping us get them straightened out! A little Timelapse of how the prefer one side lol!