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Date: | Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:43:44 -0400 |
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George has written a few messages recently (and perhaps others not as
recently) talking about the use of screened bottom boards and non-use of
entrance reducers in order to promote ventillation in the hive, even during
the winter.
Each time I read about this I wonder if it is applicable in climates like
mine in Eastern Ontario, where winter lasts a good long time and
temperatures are sometimes below -20C (Less than 0 degrees F) for a week or
to at a time, and not infrequently reach -30C.
With open screened bottoms it seems to me that the hives are going to be
pretty much the same temperature inside as out - is that the case?
Can my bees survive long periods of time at -20 degrees?
I'm told that bees here start raising brood again towards the end of
February. My understanding is that chilled brood is dead brood. Can the
bees maintain a survivable brood nest temperature in a ventilated hive with
an inside temperature of -20 degrees C?
Frank.
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