What is Spam? I thought it was bad tasting tinned ham. Someone recently claimed that after having kept one colony for one year, they considered themselves experienced. Wow. I'm impressed. With between 2 and 5 colonies over the past five years, I still feel like I know so little. I united two weaker colonies several weaks ago (it is getting into late fall here). now, I have four supers with honey stores all over the place. Can I just wrap 'em up in tar paper and hope for the best (it gets down to 30 or 40 below here) or should I open them up, and fiddle around with them to try to reduce the colony down to 2 supers? Should I also plop down a few scoops full of cristallized honey from last year into an empty super above the others?? Looking forwar to some inspiring suggestions. Marc Patry Near Ottawa, Ontario.