>I found very little honey stores and pollen, also found bees head first in the comb.
I didn't get to see if there were mites on the bottom board with the dead bees, and they are so small you won't see them if you don't know what to look for, but it sounds like starvation. If you have a really long cold spell they can starve even with quite a bit of food in the hive, and you had very little. Usually you'll have lots of honey and pollen left in the spring. I always seem to find bees head first in the comb even if it's mites.
>I put mite strips in the hive as directed
So did I, but the mites killed mine.
>and fuma-B with and fullframe feeder there was still 3/4 full.
They still don't take anything from the feeder unless the weather warms for a while.
>I didn't cover the hives
I have never wrapped mine, but there does seem to be a consensous that this is good idea in the northern climates.
>I don't have a mentor but very willing for suggestion I don't know if It was the harsh winter we had or I didn't winter the hives right?
Probably mostly the harsh winter.
>Did I take too much honey? I left them with two deep supers that felt very heavy in the fall.
I usually winter with just that, two deeps that are pretty heavy with honey, but maybe it was a longer harsher winter than most. Maybe you should plan on running three deeps for your brood chamber and leave them all of that for the winer. Of course three deeps is really heavy to handle. I think I'd go for four or five mediums myself. Either would give you an unlimited brood nest and more overwintering stores. How was the hive sealed up? Maybe it was too drafty and they burned more honey staying warm? Do you have a screened bottom board? Was it open or closed all winter? I would close it off.