When I was around 5 or 6 years of age, my Grandfather ( in northern  
Maryland)  taught me beekeeping with some Valentine Hives made in  Hagerstown, MD. 
 One of the significant features of this hive was the super  was reversable 
such that during the summer it could be turned one way for enough  room for 
a "super" which in this case was a modified grapefruit  box.   In the 
winter it was reversed such that the super fit down around the brood  chamber.  
My Grandfather explained that nothing ever freezed under two  layers of 
board.  He was right.  
 
 
In a message dated 10/16/2009 5:16:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Yes, a  dark hive does well!


In a message dated 10/16/2009 4:56:00 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,  
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But  they are indicators of identical solar radiation and it  is this that 
I  

am suggesting should be taken advantage   of.



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