I have a hard time with the thought of a mesh floor here in the winter when > it can be well below zero many days in a row. Just how cold is to cold? > The bees can make it. One of my trials way back when was with open mesh floors here in Maine. They survived but compared to solid bottom floors, did not do as well, so I dumped the screened bottom boards. That includes the screened bottoms that had an insert to close off drafts. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L