This is a stunning, dark-colored jewel.

Bees do not hibernate. Not all bees at least, and not honeybees. Bumblebees have it worked out where the workers die and the queen hibernates, which is a system used by many kinds of colonial wasp as well.

What do honeybees do? They huddle in a ball inside their hive, shiver mightily, and gradually over the course of the winter move upwards through the hive, consuming honey as they go. They keep the center of the ball at 93 degrees Fahrenheit at all times so that the brood (the queen still lays during the winter, just not that much) survive. On warm days the bees will dart out of the hive to void their bowels; sometimes they'll overestimate the thaw and get too cold to make it back inside.
Speaking as a former hobbyist beekeeper.

It doesn't have to be "Winterreise." It can be the Fantasie in F minor for piano 4 hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGJcEbA…