an Alex Jackson snip followed by > a statement and then my question..
There's clearly still heat escaping the bottom entrance from colonies
without an upper vent.
I wonder how the magnitude of heat loss through the bottom entrance
compares with that of a *modestly *sized upper vent.
>lucky for me I need no longer worry about this sort of problem but I do wonder about how things work out given the variety of ways people manage bees in different places.
>I really wonder what chance there is that the venting heat will close off the bottom entry with melted show which then turns to a sold bit of ice.... and then what likelihood there is for CO2 build up within the hive bodies???
> as for Alex's last statemtent... winters in Central Texas are very mild. I do have entrance both at the bottom and top of the stack and have noticed that my bees will use propolis to partially close off he top entry.
Gene hanging out on the left coast..
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