Changes
* The bees’ winter food consumption is lower and they are not in such a hurry to do the cleansing flight.
* Typically, very few individual bees die during overwintering.
* Nordic bees don’t don't come out from the hive during overwintering, nor do they have “snow blanket” losses.* The bee colonies’ colonies' development during spring is slow, but the winter bees are long-living.
* A small number of adult bees can take care of a large brood area in spring.
* Nordic bees are easy to manage in the spring, as they don’t starve, and they usually have lot of winter feed left immediately after the cleansing flight,
* The bee colony develops strongly in the end of May and June.
