Thomas,
 
   Just clean them out and make sure  they have an exit to outside still.
Mine did that last year.  I just cleaned them up and kept plenty of feed
on them, and they bounced back fine.
 
   Can't tell where you are located, but my field hive bees get out to
fly even now when it gets up near that temperature.  The obs hive
(3-framer) sometimes flies sooner, I guess because it is warmer inside,
or maybe it is the light cycle (longer days coming on.)  Maybe mites?
 
   The obs hive is building up a small patch of brood.  She started
laying in January.
 
Gerry and the other Visels at
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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 15:34:22 -0500 "(Thomas) (Cornick)"
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>   Well I thought I would get away with carrying a two frame
>observation hive through winter but today when I looked the bees
>were all jammed into the exit tube (it is only 40Degrees today).
>
>   Yesterday when I looked they were covering a small spot of brood.
>Today they are acting like lemmings.
>    Anybody out there got an Idea on this ?
>