On 2-Feb-13, at 1:32 AM, Jason Morgan wrote:
>> ..that there has to be enough bees in the cluster to warm up
>> enough honey. If the cluster just isn't big enough, they may run
>> out of food even though it's inches away?
>
Hi Jason and all
I count and record the number of seams of bees(spaces between frames)
in each hive as I pack them for winter, in late November each year.
Clusters covering less than five seams seldom survive winter in my
part of southern Ontario.
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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