Spring is here, at least it's starting to warm up, so today I took off the winter wrap and checked them out. I lost two colonies, and I believe it's because they were not as strong as they should have been, there were several frames full of honey still. My first winter loss, it's not that bad, just 22% of my colonies, it sounds bad but I still have 7 good ones. Four of them are looking really strong and the other three are good. I gave them each a protein patty to help them out. It does look like some of the trees and shrubs are starting to bud so they'll have some natural food out there. Once the temperatures are a little warmer at night I'll start feeding them syrup. Here is what I did and found today.
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| This is what I saw under one of the stronger ones. |
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| Winter wraps off, I lost the two on the left. |
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| There three were the strongest. |
