Opened my hive today, Saturday Feb 11, 2017 - full of dead bees, capped honey and sugar fondant on top.
Time to order another package and harvest some of this honey, I guess.
february 6, 2017: went to listen to the hive and didn't hear much!
but this happened to my small hive last year and it made it after all, so I'll see.
also the droppings are brown, not yellow.