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There isn’t anything I can do at this point. We have deep snow cold temps and roaring wind. I’m glad for my choices of trees blocking wind from the north.
if they’re healthy and have enough honey and supplemental sugar they will be ok. They will cluster around the queen and keep that ball temp in the low 90s. The problem would be if it stays this cold for a week or two and thy can move the cluster.
When weather breaks I’ll go dust the snow piles away from the entrances so they can get out if they need to.
On the upside when you inspect the healthy hives will usually have the entrance melted open from that interior temp. Unless it’s piled that’s a sign.
If it warms up to the 40s this month I’ll go crack lids and dump some additional dry sugar on them. Other than that…wait until spring, count the dead then….order bees and queens now and consider product development.
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