Just thought I'd pass along the result of my hive inspection yesterday. It was a 76 degree day here in central Indiana and I placed on the hives (5) sugar water with medication. The bees have wintered well and seems to have build up good this spring thus far. I did do something that I will not do again; I left a super of honey on each the hive because I thought that they needed the extra over the winter. They did not, though some of it has been eaten, most have 10-30 lb. of capped honey. In some of the honey supers the Queen has laid eggs and of course the bees refuse to leave. This has left me with the choice of removing them any way or putting them back on. This happened in 2 out of 5, not bad I guess but I will not do that again as I now have supers of brood that I do not want. I hope take El Nino has been as good to your hives. ( I have read that El Nino has brought devastation to some) Take care and GBYA Thanks to all on this list for all the good information you have provided to me this past season. Dave in Indiana