I have been getting a lot of questions on feeding the last few weeks, so I thought I would just tell you how I approach the issue. First of all, why are we feeding? Primarily, we feed to keep the colonies alive till they can get themselves right with natural sourcing...

Based on what I have been seeing in the past few weeks of peeking in and checking for signs of life and food stores both in my own apiaries and in many others, I am seeing the signs of nosema ceranae in about 25% of the dead outs. This supports the recent findings...