> Sorry but this means nothing without your location, as we still have a foot of snow on the ground in spite of the mild temps lately.
> 
> Bob Darrell
> 
>> Sorry about that. I'm in S central Pennsylvania. 40.5N 78W.  The buttercup-like blossoms are also known as winter aconite and they will tolerate snow, but clearly won't be blooming under a foot of it. As others have noted, spring seems to be running ahead of schedule. I wouldn't normally expect the aconite until some time mid-March.

By now I've been into all 8 of the hives I oversee. Two dead outs among the eight - both with oodles of remaining honey. Only very small clusters as well as small numbers of bees on the bottom board. They had the same spaced formic treatments in September that the surviving 6 colonies had. 
Larry
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