Gosh, you are in Minnesota.
The University of MN is offering a Short Course on March 10-12 which teaches
how to keep bees in cold climates!
The announcement is on Page 15 of the January ABJ; or you can see their Web
site
at: http://www.ent.agri.umn.edu/; or email one of the instructors, Gary
Reuter at:
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Go right to the scientists in Minnesota for info, rather than the BeeLine
where most of the people are NOT in MN.
Good Luck.
George Imirie