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George Imirie wrote: PROPER hive ventilation is so important in cold weather.  Bees are NOT LIKE we
humans who desire a temperature of 72°-75° the year around.  COLD does NOT
kill bees, but DAMPNESS enhances bee diseases that DO kill bees.."

For what it is worth:  Years ago, in the 1980's, I ran bees up north of Indianapolis, Indiana, just six to ten hives.  I always had four 3/4" blocks of wood underneath my outer covers at the four corners year around.  Whether due to luck or whatever, I never had a deadout in the spring, or at any time of the year for that matter.  But..... That was a long time ago in a world far, far away.   MIKE  -  located in south, central Alabama

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