Hi all,

I also live in upstate NY, also wooden boxes and plastic frames. Don't have
as many hives as Rick Green, but I also lost half due to the cold.
I did a little experiment, I wrapped all my hives, but 1/2 of them I moved
to touch each other and wrapped them together in bundles of 2 or 4.
My experiment was born of laziness on my part, moving hives is a lot of
work!
Next fall, I'll not be so lazy - of the  surviving hives, all but one were
the ones that were wrapped together.

Don Campbell



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Green" <[log in to unmask]>


> I live in upstate New York, have over 100 hives, only half survived, I use
> wooden boxes, no insulation, and plastic frames...sad, sad.

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