As of March 31st, 2015:
11 hives are under the Rausch family jurisdiction. (65% survival)
A Honey Bee has a fuzzy body & will carry bags of pollen on its back legs
(4 Langstroth, 6 Warre, 1 Bee gum log)
6 hives have died since Fall
(4 Langstroth hives died in late winter; 1 cut-out hive died in early winter from injured/lost queen; 1 died from mouse-intrusion problems)
Sources for increase in during winter:
1 bee gum log received from a local homeowner in January 2015