It was nice and warm yesterday, so I went out to feed the bees before the cold snap.
All colonies are alive and doing well.  All boiling out the top, so the timing was right for giving them sugar cakes. 
   Our sales of honey have gradually increased.  We need more colonies.  I hope all will survive so we can split them in the spring instead of buying more.
  We grew buckwheat in the fall, partly for manure crop, and partly for the bees so they could go into the winter healthier and happier.  At this point it seems to have paid off.