Not such great March weather

We had a look through the side window to see whether the bees had started to build any of that nice straight comb onto the top bar we'd inserted two weeks previously. They hadn't touched it, or the honey on the floor, and were sluggishly huddled together. The weather had got colder and wetter since that first week in March when they were bringing all that pollen in. That would explain why their activity was much diminished, in spite of abundant blossom to be had. How things can change depending on the weather!