Tim suggested that I make a new food for the bees. Because they had little stores of food going into the winter, he wants me to augment their winter diet. I can't use sugar water; it will freeze. And the bees are in a ball in the center of the hive staying warm, so the food has to be inside the hive and available on those days when they start moving around and find it waiting for them. I mixed superfine sugar with karo syrup and let it sit overnight. It turns into an almost "non-sticky" solid. 
I mashed the mixture into flat patties and laid the food on top newspaper on the tops of the frames in the lower super. I am to keep feeding them as much as they will eat.
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