>>3) When the temperatures do drop sharply for an extended period of
time the cluster will contract and will not be able to reach the stores
that was not rearranged during the warm period.

Why would the wrapped colony not rearrange the stores during the
warm periods?

>>If this cold period lasts to long they will die from starvation even
though the stores were only inches away. This can happen even if they
are wrapped if temperatures drop sharply for long periods.

My point was that insulated colonies can withstand the cold long
weather better.  They hold a losser cluster, covering more surface
space in the colony.

Ian

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