# Recommendations for prep for winter

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommendations-for-prep-for-winter/31812>\
**Category:** Flow Hive\
**Created:** [November 5, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommendations-for-prep-for-winter/31812 "2021-11-05T15:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![chau06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/chau06/32/25515_2.png) [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommendations-for-prep-for-winter/31812/21 "2022-04-03T09:50:31Z")

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> [@jjarrett96](#):
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> didn’t see any mites that had fallen off and died

It can be hard to spot the mites especially with all the debris from the dead bees.

> [@jjarrett96](#):
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> I’m still going to treat this time around.

Read up about monitoring and treatment and do it right. Your new bees will thank you.

[https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/HBHC-Guide\_Varroa-Interactive-PDF.pdf](https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/HBHC-Guide_Varroa-Interactive-PDF.pdf)

> [@jjarrett96](#):
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> I’ll leave the honey for the new bees to help them get started. While I left the frames with honey out while I was cleaning the hive about 10 honey bees showed up trying to rob the honey.

You have to be cautious leaving the honey for the nuc - if they aren’t strong enough to defend the whole space you give them, they can get robbed. Make sure you have the entrance reduced and only transfer them into the full sized hive box when they are really full in the nuc.

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