On 6-Apr-10, at 5:54 PM, Lloyd Spear wrote:

> Many beekeepers in the Northeast, including myself, are  
> experiencing the
> best winter survival in at least five years.

Hi Lloyd and all

Good results here also.  My losses are 2 out of 12.  One hive swarmed  
in mid September so I wrote it off as I had already made my  
combinations and had nothing to combine it with.  The other dead hive  
starved.  I used fondant this year for the first time in my 35 years  
as a beekeeper and gave it to all hives as early as January, except  
that one, as they needed it.  I waited for each hive to show signs of  
needing  food and goofed on that one.  My problem now is keeping the  
other hives out of the trees.  All hives are very strong except 3.   
One of these is super strong the other 2 are very weak.  I haven't  
opened the hives yet except to feed.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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