Been a good season overall, made increase from 14 to 26 hives in 2 deeps
and still got close to a thousand pounds of honey.
   Goldenrod is coming on and I am thinking about shutting down half my
production and taking the supers off and putting in apistan and patties.
   Going to take my lightest hefting hives for the early shutdown and let
them refill the deeps for winter stores.
    I have seen a few varroa mites on drone brood although not many. The
hives had apistan in them early in the year and mineral oil on frame tops
throughout the season.
    So I will miss a portion of the fall darker honey from two of the yards
where I keep bees and insure a better survival for those bees.
 
Any comments from the more experianced  greatly appreciated
 
Tom in New London CT