This article was originally published in NBH - The International Journal for Bee-Centred Beekeeping, NBH28/2023. I wrote the article in spring 2023. © Erkki Pöytäniemi Main photo above: Our apiary in January 2019 We live in SW Finland c. 90 km west from Helsinki at 60° north. I have had bees here since 2014 and I have kept bees also earlier in life.  According to conventional wisdom we are too far north for wild honeybee populations. Of course that could be questioned but maybe the main point is that with climate change it is not relevant anymore. Just the 1,5°C global temperature...