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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Dig until China. 
Good luck my man if you put some of the hives in a lean to or something to keep the wind off would that help? |
Wind isn’t my issue as I’ve got a tree line north and west sides of the hives. I did extra varroa treatment, fed sugar water and put winter Pattie’s and dry sugar on. I think it’s coming down to swarms I caught late not having enough time to build up honey or they were weakened by disease or mites…..or I’m as good at bee keeping as the chiefs are at closing out games to go to the big one.
It’s something everyone fights. I talked to a big producer that had 1750 dead this fall out of 4000…before winter. They’re able to recover easier with more to split in spring.
I’ll keep working on it and someday I’ll know what I’m doing.