>A CAPITAL REPLY FOR EASE OF DISTINGUISHING. >IN COLDER CLIMATES, SUCH AS IN MARYLAND, I DON'T FEED 1-TO-1, >AS RECOMMENDED, BUT 2 (SUGAR)-TO-1, TO SLOW DOWN THE FREEZING >PROCESS. ALSO I START FEEDING (BOARDMAN) 1 NOV AND AM STILL >DOING SO NOW BECAUSE COME THE START OF THE HONEYFLOW, ABOUT >1MAY, I WANT A JUMBO HIVE POPULATION. THE MORE BEES, THE MORE >SWEET STUFF, EH? not necessarily, but you might get a big swarm, anyway. slow-down-the-freezing?! Introducing moisture (a la sugar syrup) into the colony in the cold of winter is a good way to do in your bees. Might be OK in TX or elsewhere where bees have flight much of the time. Newbees beware, indeed.