Getting Ready for Winter

Not much is going on the bee-yards right now. The fall honey flow is coming to an end, and it's time to prep for winter. I was hoping to get A little honey to harvest this fall. But I didn't. Honestly I am a little down-hearted about that, but I shouldn't be because I knew from the beginning that I would more than likely not get to harvest any honey this year.
I am feeding my hives in hopes that they can put up enough to make it through the winter...I almost think it would be cheaper to let them try it on their own with out feeding them sugar water, and if they don't make it then buy more bees...we'll see. But I'm going to try and feed them till it gets too cold.
We're really looking forward to next spring! I plan on doing a little experimenting with some new hives and new types of bees. We have decide that we are going to make all the hives that we add next year. It was a relatively easy choice that all new hives will be some sort of Top Bar Hive, instead of using the Langstroth hives that I bought this year (and not cheaply either!!). I plan to document, on here, the process of building my TBHs with photo's and some video!! .
Look for me to start posting that around probably January.

Here is a GREAT link about Top Bar Hives, it's the one I use the most. But be aware, it is ALOT of info!!!

Here is the Wikipedia link for Top Bar Hives.