I need to revise my estimate of winter losses... Violated one of my rules this winter, "never declare a hive dead until it's over 60° and no flight." Checked my nuc yard this morning and most were flying, I had declared them dead. Interestingly, 3 of the 4 groomers from FL are still alive and appear pretty strong. I guess they went into a hard cluster because we've had warm days with no flight recently. Just finished checking my out yards and 100% are alive. Which makes me shake my head. All hives were handled, treated, etc. the same. In fact  my home yard 9% survival, was given special attention. However, from 80% losses to about 40% presently. Of course we know in the north that March is cruelest month.

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