> It was formerly felt that bees needed to keep warm to live through the
> winter.  The theory was that bees on the outside of the cluster gradually
> moved inside, and those inside moved out, so all the bees kept warm.  Not
> true...bees that start the cluster on the outside largely stay on the
> outside all winter!  They truly become so cold they cannot move, yet when it
> warms up they fully recover!

My past reading indicates that a bee kept at a cold temperature for an extended
period of time will eventually starve since it is unable to process food even
already in the stomach.  Again even recent articles suggest that there is a
rotation of bees from outside the cluster to inside.  Why do you declare that
this is not so?  Research, observation, or?

Tom


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Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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