Not dead yet!

[David LaFerney]

It's single digits every night so far this entire year - which I know is balmy compared to you upper mid westerners - anyway I took a listen to my 1 1/2 hives with a stethoscope, and so far so good.  Before you know it time will come to pay March rent and the maples will be blooming...

I know this is lame, but what are you gonna do? It's the dead of winter.

[danno]

Up north here in michigan they dont die in jan.  Its feb and march that worry me.  dont let your guard down.  On a sunny windless day pop the top and if the cluster is all the way up to the top, feed them.  I use sugar boards or fondant. 

[David LaFerney]

Oh, I'll look in on them when the weather breaks good.  But, I already have dry sugar on top of the frames for good measure.  The bigger hive hasn't had much use for it, but the smaller one has already eaten 6-8 pounds since early November.  Probably because the big hive robbed the small one in October.