Starfruit Bees are very active today!

With a cool start to the day ... in the 50's F ... I mixed up another batch of syrup and placed it outside the hive. Little activty this morning ... by 10:30am the sun was upon the hive and the bees were swarming everywhere and in a frenzy and quickly consuming the syrup. It is a good day for these newly domesticated bees in sunny Florida! I ordered a proper hive body and related equipment yesterday from Brushy Mountain Bees ... it will need assembled and painted after it arrives. I hope to have the bees "moved in" to their permanent home by March and ready for the spring nectar flows.