I'm from southern Vermont also. So far the weather looks like it's going
to cut close the food stores of a few hives so heres what I did for the six
of mine.
   First I moved some of the frames in from the sides of the hive to the
center next to the cluster with out disturbing it. I did this on a warm day
2 weeks ago. Then I mixed up a batch of thick sugar syrup and poured into a
large plastic storage box that was bigger than an extracting super. I took
the extracted frames and soaked them in the syrup while using a clean paint
brush to work it into the cells. I put three full frames in the center of
the supers and placed them on top of the hives. I kept the rest of the empty
frames in the supers for insulating purposes. Hopefully this will get
everybody by until this lousy depressing weather breaks. Good Luck.
 
Donny Tupper
Red Top Aparies