> I think cold kills bees but clusters can take
> significant cold.

So do I. From all those discussions, some books and my
tiny experience, "cold does not kill bees" is a false
truth. Of course, cold does not kill the cluster as
long as bees can regulate temperature for a mass
critic (namely they have sufficient store, strengh,
population, adequate ventilation, and so on). In other
words, cold does not kill bees as long as they can
overcome all stress factors induced by cold. It is
just a way to focus on key factors instead of the
original cause since we can still not master weather.


Within minutes, 80% of the
> bees were re-activated (some more active than
> others).  I fed them honey with a toothpick; they
> fed eagerly.  By next morning, only 20% of the bees
> were still alive...
> I'd like any insights into this phenomenon.

I had similar experience with bees picked up in the
snow and warmed in the car. They were quicly buzzing
on the window to go back to the hive. My wife says I
am a kind of "odd bee huger".

With regard to the top isolation set up and low
entrance ventilation, if I understood it well, it
looks very similar to overwintering set up in UK as
far as only the top box is considered. Am I mistaken ?


Hervé






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