January did some thawing out at the beginning of this week. Temperatures had climbed all weekend until Monday Jan 14, the day burst into an almost spring in the high 50's.What I had dared to hope was true- the bees were alive. They cleaned out the dead bees and flew around near the hive. That morning when it was still chilly I had seen a few venture out. I wasn't sure if they were just dead bees or live ones too cold to move. Then I felt something in my hair and reached up to see what it was and was surprised at the sharp pain in my finger. I pulled out the stinger and then was happy to see more bees moving around. The sting really hurt; my finger swelled up and stayed hard for several hours but I was so happy to have live bees that it was a good feeling after all.
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