Hi Bill



> The situation I ran into this past winter was that ALL my hives  chimneyed up 
>three deeps, leaving lots of stores in the hives. 
>

This sounds to me like isolation starvation and something that affected bees 
here too in the cold winter we had.  Your best answer might be to insulate the 
hives, especially the tops, so that they can access the stores in the colder 
areas of the hive.  Perhaps the granulated sugar method you used provided 
insulation as well as accessible sugar, and it may be better to provide more 
effective insulation instead. 


best wishes

Gavin


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