> I use polystyrene hives with no top ventilation, all
> have open mesh floors
> and wintering so far has been much more successful
> than with wooden boxes
> and with less stores used.

Thanks for your answere. What were your results ? Mine
are also on mesh floors.


> Every time I have attempted the matchsticks under
> the crown board trick they
> have filled the gap with propolis before Christmas
> perhaps suggesting that
> the bees "prefer" no draughts?

Strangely, this week, my bees grab into the small
pieces of styrofoam I inserted in the roof holes in
order to reduce top ventilation. They even grab into
entrance reductors I installed (while I was thinking
they really needed it)! Sometimes, I think that I do
not understand my bees better than my wife... ;-))

Hervé
Le Rucher d'Émélys
www.emelys.com


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