Depending on the time of year, I may check on my hives every week or once a month. Unfortunately for these hives and their location, I have not checked on them probably since November. The good and very surprising news is that all three of these hives are alive.
For these three hives, I decided to leave all the honey and resource frames intact and not harvested. This means these hives have an abundance of resources to survive and their only deficiency for survival may be the lower number of bees. Thes hives also received last summer early fall mite treatments. I really would like to see them through until spring.
