It's an unusually chilly day here in South Florida. We're all huddled up trying to keep warm! And our bees do the same. When the temperature drops, the bees ball up inside the hives and keep each other warm. They are especially focused on keeping the brood chamber, where the baby bees are growing, nice and cozy. 

It's been so cold at night that I've brought our buckets of honey into the house, since honey can begin to crystallize in cooler temperatures. It's never happened to us, and we want to make sure it never does!

Bottling is a slow process, too, on a day like today! The honey flows slowly out of the bucket, sort of in geological time, lazily making it's way into the jar.

But it's a great day for hot tea.....(with plenty of honey, of course! Where else do I get my energy from!?)  I think I'll go make some now.....