A cold start to the new year

I have a small water garden outside my kitchen window and use it to judge how cold it really is and how long it has been cold.  Well, for southeast Virginia it has been pretty cold!  The spitter in the photo below has had ice forming around it for the last few days.  The water stream is actually now deflected by the ice to the left (behind the ice block).  When it gets like this I start worrying a little about the bees, but not too much.  Compared to what folks up north work with, it is not so bad here. The weather is staying cold until at least January 8th, when it will get up to about 50.  I'll check some hives then and add winter patties as needed (I make them myself).