Tip your hive forward so that when the cold air hits the warm hair inside hive, the condensation will not drip into hive.  Raise hive from rear and check its weight. In New England the recommendation is for 80 pounds of honey. Add in the weight of the woodware and it should weigh approximately 100 pounds.

Mouse guards should be in place.  Usually put in place when the nights get cold, mid September or early October.
Bees should be fed 2 gal/hive with 2:1 sugar and water. If you are using chemical treatments you can mix with two rounded teaspoons of Fumagilin-B.

Stored honey supers with foundation piled 4 high should be treated with a screen over the top one to hold Para dichlorobenzene moth flakes (not Naptha).  This will kill the ever present wax moth.  Please check stored supers periodically.  Ken Warchol (Massachusetts bee inspector, Worcester County) recommends putting supers (honey and brood) in contractors trash bag; remember to check for rodents making a home in the bags and also remember that bags of leaves can contain all sorts of other things harmful to bees - snakes, fungi, insects etc.  Good results have been had with this but even more secure - although more costly - are big transparent plastic storage boxes from Walmart. 19 inch frames fit neatly into the largest size. Leave them outside and the winter freeze will take care of any “squatters”.

To get the bees through the winter, you can fill trash bags with leaves, cover three sides of hive and tie them to the hive.  You can also get plastic sheeting tied to three stakes and make a windbreak in a V form in front of the hive to divert the strong winds.  This has had good results.

Mite in brood medication should be completed by October 30th if you are using chemicals.