[cloddopper]

Now is the time to make at least two six inch dia 1/4 inch thick patties of icing sugar without any preservative found in fondant icing to feed each hive at the first decent day you get .
 Some bees will fly to cleanse due to reflected sun light off snow & die before they can get back to the hive .
 The queen should be laying like mad as it's only six weeks till swarming season ... So give the bees the best chance to survive this long wet winter  & have them ready for the race of their lives as they make you wax , pollen & honey in April & May .