Spring is coming...and so are the bees!

It's that time of year when we start to think about our field season. We maintain a group of colonies here at Indiana University, up on Bayles Road. This is the site of the IU Research and Teaching Preserve, and home to many other research projects in the department. As the snow falls, but the days get longer, we look forward to the smell of the wild flowers that cover that field site, the feel of the sun on our backs as we pull out the frames of bees, and of course, the hum and music of the honey bees! It's been a rough year and we went into the winter with only two viable colonies. We'll keep you posted on how they did over the winter and our installation of the new colonies, when they arrive.