How about the change in the direction of the sun's gravity?  Until the solstice, the direction of the sun's gravity keeps moving southward. After the solstice, the direction of the sun's gravity starts moving northward.  Gravity permeates everything.


Just a thought

 
Mike in LA





On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 11:39 AM, Ari Seppälä <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
I have been indoor wintering for about 15 years.

last 5 years 300 - 400 hives inside, mostly new colonies made in last 
summer.

Dark cellar, -1 to +8 C. Mostly dry in winter, but humid when snow 
starts to melt outside.

No brood when I take the hives out in April.

Colonies wintered outside have brood in 1-3 frames at this time.

Breeds, Italian, carnica, buckfast no difference.

Some old beekeepers claimed that if humidity is high the bees will start 
brood rearing in cellars, but I have never seen it, so not sure if this 
is true.

Ari Seppälä
Finland


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