> My small apiary contains two groups of hives; one in full sun the other in
> a cedar bush with filtered sunlight.  The winter of 2017/18 had many sunny
> periods but also had extreme cold overnight(-20C) shortly afterwards.  I
> believe that the hives in the sun broke cluster then were caught out with
> the cold. All of the sun hives died except one whereas the shaped hives all
> survived except one.  The shaded hives(100 ft from the others) always
> produce as much or more honey than those in the sun.
>

Bob,

Were the hives wrapped? Also, could it have been that the hives in the
cedars were protected from the wind?

My hives are in the sun but have a great wind break behind them. All
survived.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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