> I am thinking of building an insulated Brick built hive shelter either
>underground or set into a bank or the face of a cliff ) in the mountains of
>Southern France.
>
>The winter temperature drops to minus 20 Centigrade whereas the Summer
>temperature rises to more than 40'C.
>
>The motive in doing this is to keep the hive safe from the roaming cattle
>and horses which use this part of the world as rough grazing. I would not
>want them to knock the hives over in my absence.
>
>Any comments on Keeping hives underground ?
>
>David Warr
>Warrington
>Cheshire
>Northern England
 
David,
Where are you going in the mtns of S. France?
When I kept bees there, I found some old bunkers which worked well for bees.
More in the mtns. I mostly used terraces which had advantages and disadvantages.
Good luck,
Ed