>> How do the colonies in this style of box survive the winter with
>> so little honey stored above the brood, or am I missing something?

> Well, A.m.m. will survive quite happily on 25lbs or less of stores.

I'd be curious what size brood chambers are being used in the original
quote.

Bees winter well in Southern Ontario in a single North American standard
box, if packed against the cold, but in Europe and Britain, I believe
there are a variety of configurations.

FWIW, the winter in the southernmost part of Ontario, Canada, is a full
two months shorter than here in Alberta, and considerably milder and
weather in the region is moderated by the Great lakes.

In fact, the southernmost point in that region is at the same latitude
as  the northern border of California and that spot is only a degree or
so north of Randy!

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