Poll
Question:
Check as many or as few that apply if you have a dead hive.
Option 1: Frigid temps for extended periods
votes: 29
Option 2: head first in cells
votes: 25
Option 3: Uncapped syrup in hive
votes: 11
Option 4: Saturated bees on bottom board
votes: 3
Option 5: Wet Climate
votes: 8
Option 6: Dry Climate
votes: 4
Option 7: Most of the dead on the bottom board
votes: 9
Option 8: Boxes heavy with stores
votes: 12
Option 9: Boxes empty of stores
votes: 8
Option 10: Vented top
votes: 11
Option 11: Conventional top
votes: 13
Option 12: Solid Botttom board
votes: 18
Option 13: Screened bottom(open)
votes: 9
Option 14: Rodent entry
votes: 4
Option 15: Carnolian
votes: 5
Option 16: Russian
votes: 0
Option 17: Minnesota Hygenic
votes: 1
Option 18: Italian
votes: 19
Option 19: Buckfast
votes: 0
Option 20: Mutts
votes: 7
Option 21: Ferals
votes: 3
Option 22: Other breed
votes: 2
Option 23: Let hive alone over winter
votes: 24
Option 24: Peaked in often
votes: 1
Option 25: Snow closed off entrances
votes: 3
Option 26: bees evacuated in hive(dysentary)
votes: 0
Option 27: Mites noticable
votes: 3
Nella suggested maybe putting these questions in a poll format. Lets give it a try and see what we may find. I left it so you could answer multiple times because of multiple hives,hopefully you won't need this feature.
Will be interesting to review. 1 of 8 hives dead here (so far).
I lost 2 of 5 hives. I knew they were low on stores but didn't expect the long cold snap that keep me from feeding them. I think dry sugar on top of the frames would have saved them if I had done it early.
It's only allowing no more than 10 options to be submitted.
Sorry Bassman,should work now.I missed a box setting up the survey.
Worked that time...thanks.
I thought it might help for the poll to BEE at the top again :)
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One problem is missing, a beekeeper.
I lost 1 in the last coldsnap
Lost seven so far, 5 to go...
two out of five so far :'(
My weakest one and the strongest one, go figure.
G3
so far, i lost 1 of 9...
your friend,
john
bump
ok....2 of 9...I am now feeding.
your friend,
john
I didn't lose any.
Of course with this spring being my introduction to beekeeping, I didn't have any yet.... :-D