Ian Watson wrote: > > Hello all... > > I was just at our local Niagara Region Beekeepers Association meeting, and > besides the usual arguing <hehehe> over to treat of not to treat for > varroa <"those awefull chemicals.....;)> , the subject of Winter losses > came up and the general concensus was that things were going fairly well > so far. So I was wondering how my fellow beekeepers, at least in the > northern hemisphere, are doing. Yes. This is interesting. I have just recently checked my 78 colonies, and found 3 dead and the rest strong, but some in need of feed. Two of the dead were my own fault, since I had let them get their cluster into a front corner, exposed to cold wood on two sides and unable to move when we got a prolonged cold snap. No signs yet of varroa damage, perhaps some (behavioral) sign of tracheal mites in a very few colonies Ted Fischer Dexter, Michigan, USA.