>A CAPITAL REPLY FOR EASE OF DISTINGUISHING.
>IN COLDER CLIMATES, SUCH AS IN MARYLAND, I DON'T FEED 1-TO-1,
>AS RECOMMENDED, BUT 2 (SUGAR)-TO-1, TO SLOW DOWN THE FREEZING
>PROCESS.  ALSO I START FEEDING (BOARDMAN) 1 NOV AND AM STILL
>DOING SO NOW BECAUSE COME THE START OF THE HONEYFLOW, ABOUT
>1MAY, I WANT A JUMBO HIVE POPULATION. THE MORE BEES, THE MORE
>SWEET STUFF, EH?
 
not necessarily, but you might get a big swarm, anyway.
 
slow-down-the-freezing?!  Introducing moisture (a la sugar syrup) into the
colony in the cold of winter is a good way to do in your bees.  Might be OK
in TX or elsewhere where bees have flight much of the time.  Newbees
beware, indeed.