I have been beekeeping for about 25 years, with my apiary located in the Mozhaysky District of…

I have been beekeeping for about 25 years, with my apiary located in the Mozhaysky District of the Moscow region near Vereya. I keep Carpathian bees. In the early years, I never dreamed of early honey harvests. Each year, I counted how many colonies survived the winter, often finding frames in the hives covered in mold and weakened colonies that took the entire season to recover. My main concern was ensuring the bees survived until the next season. I believe the primary reason for poor winter survival is humidity in the hives and cold feed, which leads to mold on honey and pollen frames and damp dead bees in the coldest corners of the hive.