Hi Bee People,
   There seems to be great faith in the grease pattie in helping with
T-mites. It has been written here and in other places that the patties
shopuld be left on, non medicated during a flow, all year round.
   How does one do this in the winter, in the northern USA, where temps
in the winter can get well below Zero(f)? Do we place addition patties
in the hives before the weather sets in the cold mode?
   I would not want to chance opening a hive and having it chilled or
dampened. I lost one hive this winter because of cold and wet. My fault
but the results were a dead hive.
 
Thank You for your time.
 
Gary C. Lewis
Duke Center, Pa.