>Many beekeepers have told me the chief effect of wrapping is
psychological: the beekeeper *thinks* he's helped the hives.
As usual all things in beekeeping are regional. An unwrapped hive in my
area tends to be a dead hive and that wrapped hive should have some form
of wind break; shelter belt, cut bank, etc. Have tried just plastic or
tar paper and given last rights in the spring. Perhaps I should have
used the prayer cloth. Maybe it is our usual lack of insulating snow cover.
David Tharle
Ardmore, AB
Where we are a balmy minus 28C this am. I guess winter is coming.
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