The weather around here has been pretty mild. Normally, winter in Bavaria is snowy and cold. This year, it has been rainy and warm. Most people aren't put off by it, because it generally means clear roads and less layers. Myself, on the other hand, I am worried. I have a bad feeling that at least one of my colonies will not make it through this winter, and that just saddens me. The colony in question, is the weakest one that I went into the winter with: Leia. I did all I could to help her increase her colony size, but it was just difficult to get the necessary production. It is not really a complaint towards Leia's offspring production, but rather to the efficiency of the bees. Right from the get-go the little ladies had a difficult time drawing out comb. This also is not their fault. It was a nuc that was created toward the later end of the optimal nuc creation period and they just were not in the strengths to go full bore into comb production. They were never able to draw o...