Hi All, I went out two days ago and checked a few colonies and took two photos. I posted on on Norlands home page and I posted both in the photos section of both Norlands and Organicbeekeepers. At this present time All 18 of my colonies are alive, a first that I know of in my location, but winter is not quite over yet and circumstances could change. URL's below may need copying and pasting to get them to work. Just keeping those on the list updated as requested in the past. http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/lst?.dir=/alaskabeeke eper&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/ http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/lst?.dir=/Keith+Malon e&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ . .. c(((([ Keith Malone Chugiak, Alaska USA Black Caucasian Bee Keeper [log in to unmask] http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ Check out current weather in my area and 5 day forecast; http://www.wx.com/myweather.cfm?ZIP=99654 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::