February of 2019 was unseasonably cold and all 5 of John Anderson’s queens from 2018 died. This photo is of an inner cover from one of the resource hives. You can clearly see frost on the inner cover. There was some insulation between the bees and the inner cover so the moisture in the hive may not have been the main cause of death, but it was most likely one factor. While there was still honey left in the hive it was not close enough to the cluster of bees for them to use it. Midwest winter’s are hard on bees and this one is proving to be harder than…