It's late January, and I'm down to one hive. I put a second brood box on so that the queen will have more room to lay. There are only two frames of comb drawn out. I'm feeding a light syrup to encourage wax production. There have been some signs of wax moth or hive beetle larvae .
The days are still cold, only getting up to sixties. As soon as the next warm days come in, I will have to get into the hive. I need to do a mite check as well, but this year I will try the dribble method to control the varroa mites. This will use oxalic acid in solution.
It has not been a very cold winter so I would expect an early bloom and rapid buildup. I hope to make a couple of splits.
