Hi All,

I've noticed a few postes regarding dead colonies.  I to have lost 2
colonies this winter.  This is the first in very many years.  It was
warm here this past weekend (Ontario Canada) and the snow is mostly
gone.  But we're not done with winter here yet.  I wasn't able to do a
full examination of the colonies.  I'm suspecting something was
stressing the hives.  There is a small amount of feces around the top
ventilation hole on the hives that died and none on the survivors.  They
were all cared for the same in the fall.  These hives were not as
sheltered as the others.  Or mites could be the culprit.

Kent