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Re: wintering
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"(Thomas) (Cornick)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:36:08 EDT
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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

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