">>> And the point of wanting saturated straw over the cluster is....?"

Better the straw gets saturated than the moisture drips down on the
cluster, and the saturated straw prevents the warm moist air from the hive
coming into contact with the the below-freezing underside of the outer
cover...condensing and dripping down on the cluster.

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