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This is the time of year when many of us are longing for the warm days of Spring to arrive, but this year we are truly besieged in full-on winter weather. Usually by the first of February in Georgia, it’s beginning to warm up enough that we can check on our hives to see how they are faring from over wintering. So far, it’s been much too cold to open the hive. When the temperature is going to be below freezing at night, you just don’t want to risk opening the hive. This winter has been cold -- so we...

Our days are getting shorter, and the temperatures are getting colder. As the weather gets colder, the bees are going to form a cluster in the hive. This cluster is a mechanism to produce heat. Much like the penguins in the Antarctic, bees rotate from the center of the hive to the outside. The center of the cluster is the warmest, the outside is the coolest. One beekeeper in France measured the temperature of the center of the cluster at 95° F, the outside of the cluster was 71° F, and the outside temperature was 44° F. So don’t expect...

Happy New Year! Here at Pigeon Mountain Trading Company, we started out the new year with our new website! As many of you have noticed, this website is simpler and easier to use. As with all things "technological", we have run into some minor issues. We appreciate your patience as we deal with the issues. One concern some of you have is that you have to re-register. We are terribly sorry for this inconvenience, but we are working on adding options so that you can log in using your Facebook account, your google account, or other account options. Keep an...