So this will be my first release season with the
bees; last year I purchased my cocoons
online (maybe April?) and set them out with the houses I built. At the end of the season I found that many new cocoons had been produced and I washed them, discarded the badies, and stored in my fridge in a stapled toilet paper tube.
Now it is coming close to the following spring, I have cleaned my boxes but am unsure when to put them out. I live on the Oregon coast and a few bushes and
trees have begun blooming but I don't want my
bees to be stranded without food if I out them out too early. Any advice would be welcome
Thanks