Midnite wrote:
>
> Greetings!
> Is it not true that you should paint your hives a dark color
 
Should greatly decrease your honey production in the South.
 
 and besides why
> paint hives at all?..the wood needs to breathe .
 
To keep it usable longer.  Untreated wood is called fungus food down
here (east TN).
 
>
> Holly-B Apiary
> P.O. Box 26
> Wells,Maine 04090-0026
> http://www.cybertours.com/~midnitebee