I dont know about anyone ELSE, but I just did the usual. I left 2 hives
bodies together for each swarm making sure the upper had honey. I didn't
treat w/ any chemicals at all & this year, I didn't even reduce the
entrence-ways. All 4 colonies came through healthy & vigorous. I think
much had to do with the mild winter here in Va.
                     regards,
                     Mike
 
"I take my chances,I don't mind working without a net,                           I take my chances,I take my chances every chance I get"                                   Mary Chapin Carpenter
 
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, bartlett wrote:
 
> For you people that say you had a good overwintering with your bees,
> how about coming back and telling the rest of us what you did that
> worked for you to get your bees through the winter.  Let's see if we
> can find some common threads.
>                                     billy bee
>