2012 thru 2013 Winter Survival of Honey Bees
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1.
How many hives did you manage going into the Winter of 2012 (numeric answers only 1, 250...), please)?
2.
How many hives were still viable at the begining of Spring 2013 (numeric answers only, please)?
3.
In which state do the majority of your hives over winter?
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
4.
Do you consider yourself a hobbiest or commercial beekeeper?
Hobby
Commercial
5.
Do you do any treatment for Mites (chemical or other)?
Yes
No
6.
If you do treat for mites, what treatment did you do in the fall of 2012 for the majority of your hives?
Api Life
MiteAway
Apistan
Checkmite
Essential Oils
Sucrocide
Oxalic acid
Powder Sugar dusting
Hops (for the bees, not you)
7.
How would you break down the percentage of probable causes for your colonies lost.
Total should come up to 100%.
0-10%
11-20%
21-30%
31-40%
41-50%
51-60%
61-70%
71-80%
81-90%
91-100%
Starvation
Mites
CCD
AFB
Other
8.
Do the majority of your colonies pollonate crops?
Yes
No
9.
Any comments or you can leave email address here and if I get ant responses, I'll mail them out later.
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