In a message dated 10/22/98 7:58:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> >local old timer has recommended to me a winter box filled with three
inches
> of
> >wood shavings around the hive
When I visited some beekeepers in Maine they had a super filled with shavings
and screened on the bottom on top of the hive bodies. They claimed it served
as a moisture and condensation reducer. It probably insulates pretty well
also.
Tom in CT