> > ... I think I'll bring them into a cool room in a big (huge?)
> > observation hive for next winter ....
>
> Has anyone got experience with big (huge) observation hives? I am curious
> about this possibility. Specifically, is it possible to have a self
> sustaining observation hive. How could the bees form a winter cluster...
A very quick search of the archives from
http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Bee-l.htm brought me 109 hits using
'observation hive AND winter' as the 'search for' key. The first two I selected
from reading the Subject lines answered this. I am sure there is much more
there. Observation hives have been a popular topic.
As for building such hives, there are links at
http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/ at the bottom of 'What's New' that lead to
several sites with plans and discussions of observation hives, including top bar
observation hives.
allen
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