Extreme weather in Munich: bees were already flying - the beekeeper explains what the onset of winter is doing to the animals now

Climate change is also causing extreme weather in Munich and the region, such as the recent unusual warmth in winter.

But what does that do to animals, such as bees?

A beekeeper arranges.

Munich – When looking out of the window, it is currently hardly imaginable.

Snow, temperatures around zero degrees and frosty nights have brought real winter weather to Munich and the region for a few days.

But just a few weeks ago there was nothing to be seen - on the contrary: the thermometer showed values ​​well over ten degrees, the sun shone regularly.

The past turn of the year brought real spring fever between the foothills of the Alps and the Frauenkirche.

Not a great surprise in times of climate change, but extremely unusual weather.

Many people were happy about walks in loose clothes, others were annoyed that the ski slopes were closed due to the lack of snow.

But what do such weather changes actually do to animals?

Extreme weather in Munich: bees were already flying - the beekeeper explains what the onset of winter is doing to the animals now

Between Christmas and Epiphany, the first bees could be observed in the Munich city area, which were lured out of their nests by the warm rays of the sun.

Now, a few weeks after the great heat, winter has the landscape under control again - and the bees can no longer be seen far and wide.

Climate change ensures that such weather changes - regardless of the season - occur more frequently.

However, Claudio Casanova Luzio, young

, can give the all-clear: “When the temperatures drop again, they snuggle up in the bee boxes again and wait until the next day when flight temperatures arrive.”

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Luzio goes on to explain that honey bees start flying when temperatures are between nine and twelve degrees.

"They then collect on those plants that also provide nectar and pollen in winter." From the perspective of beekeepers, however, cold winters without frequent onsets of winter are better.

Frequent warmth in winter causes bees to start breeding again early.

"As a result, the food consumption in the bee colonies increases sharply and there is a risk that the colonies will starve before the start of spring," Luzio continues.

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But even if the weather goes haywire and will bring unfamiliar weather conditions more regularly in the future, bees seem to be well prepared: "But everything usually goes well, the bees had around 50 million years to prepare for such situations, on the other hand, we humans are still real greenhorns.” So it can be firmly expected that the bees will swarm out again in Munich and the region next spring - then without having to fear a significant onset of winter.