Feeding Bees Christmas Cake?! | Beekeeping with Maddie #7

In this beekeeping video from December 2015, the host discusses unusual bee behavior due to warm weather. The bees have used up their honey stores, requiring supplemental feeding with sugar syrup and returned honey. Despite it being December, the bees are still active and foraging, which is atypical for this time of year. The video concludes with a Christmas treat for the bees and a promotion of other content.

What unusual behavior did the bees exhibit in December 2015?

• They stopped flying completely.

• They used up all their honey reserves.

• They started hibernating early.

• They produced more honey than usual.

Why did the beekeepers have to feed the bees sugar syrup?

• The bees were not producing enough honey.

• The weather was too cold for the bees to fly.

• The bees had exhausted their honey stores due to prolonged good weather.

• The bees were migrating to a new location.

What method did the beekeepers use to feed the bees?

• They placed a vat of sugar syrup on top of the hives.

• They scattered sugar on the ground.

• They injected sugar syrup into the hives.

• They mixed sugar with pollen.

What surprising observation was made about the bees' activity in late December?

• The bees were hibernating.

• The bees were still foraging and finding pollen.

• The bees were migrating south.

• The bees were producing honey at a rapid rate.

What was the temperature that caused the bees to remain active?

• Above 20 degrees

• Below freezing

• Around 5 degrees

• About 12 degrees