Unwrapped Bees

Olga's busting out all over! I went out to check the Olga hive today and her winter insulation was gone. I started mumbling to myself something along the lines of, "Now, why did Mr. Neil go ahead and take the insulation off the hive without telling me? Is it too soon? What was he thinking?" Then I found the insulation in a pile in the woods. There must have been some strong winds in the last week that blew it off.

Couple of the girls were out and about. I did notice that there appears to be some type of weird damage on one of the boxes. It looks like damage done by paper wasps when they take bits of wood and chew it up to make their nests. I don't know if the Olga bees got bored this winter and decided to start chewing paint or if it was something else. I'm also not sure if I should put the insulation back on. It's the end of March and the temps are currently thirties and a few forties...although there is a winter storm advisory for tomorrow and we're supposed to get about six inches...