Hi All

In late Nov early Dec when doing my oxalic acid treatment, I record  
the number of seams of bees that I drizzle oxalic on.  I have found  
that if there are 4 seams of clustered bees or less, they do not  
survive our winter.  Now if I was smarter I would have combined much  
earlier.  The hives concerned are early July splits in single brood  
boxes with lots of food.

Should I:  	1- Place one hive brood box directly on top of the other  
after the bees have clustered(both are queen right)

			2- As in 1 with a queen excluder between the 2 hives

			3- Use the newspaper method before they cluster(several warmer  
days predicted later this week -5C tonight, +10C Thurs and Fri)

			4- Place each weak hive on top of a stronger hive to take  
advantage of the heat(no connection between the hives)

			5- Kiss the weaker hives goodbye

			6- Better ideas?

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W 

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