"I believe that it was Bob who suggested the rims."
Oops, sorry. That's what I get for reading a netbook screen.
"I personally am confused about the whole top entrance question--both summer
and winter. Reports are often contradictory. So much appears to depend
upon local humidity and temperatures."
I started using top entrances here in New Hampshire, because (most winters) we get a lot of snow and the bottom entrances can get covered with ice and snow for days or even weeks. A lot easier to add top entrances than having to shovel and hack open the bottom entrances. On sunny days I find the bees using them when temps are only a degree or two above freezing.
Bill
Claremont, NH
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