They're alive!

From 201003 Farm Pictures

So it appears that after a windy night where the top blew off my hive (it was 18 degrees that night) I had assumed my bees would not survive! They recommend not going in the hive even under 50 degrees... As you can see from the movie (click the picture to go to the movie... hopefully it will work, the buffering wasn't working when I tried it) they seem to be doing well.

I went into the hive and gave them some sugar water to be sure that they had an easy start to the season. Let's hope for a good haul of honey this fall!