It's been a warm sunny winter's day in Taradale. The cape weed is getting untidy around the place but the bees love it when it flowers. It provides much need early protein for them to raise young bees. The hive has been dormant for a couple of months now and soon the queen will start laying eggs and the young lava will need to be fed. That's what the protein is for. I don't spray chemicals around the property because they would end up in the honey. Still I'll have to cut some of the cape weed because it is getting too thick.