I checked on a few hives Christmas Day... Most are fine but I had a couple rearing significant amounts of brood that subsequently died with a couple supers of honey and a sugar brick on top of them... Wouldn't move to the food despite being warm enough for occasional flights. Jeremy West Michigan Finally have snow so maybe they'll sort themselves out now. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html