Based on historical Canadian indoor vs outdoor wintering results there is
no clear winner. Outdoor typically does slightly better. The previously
post guide 2.0 does not do a good job of convincing you on indoor vs
outdoor. Why do people go indoors really? Economics, convenience, lack of
bee yards in suitable locations?
Here is a reply I got from a beekeeper in Canada that winter indoors
"We started wintering indoors in the 70s
As our numbers grew we started wintering outdoors rather than building
another facility. Over time it became more a factor of time management,
both spring and fall rather than risk. There have been years where either
indoor or outdoor wintering has done better, but long term I would say not
a significant difference between them. Generally if it is a long cold
winter neither indoor or outdoor look particularly great when you get an
opportunity to work them."
Page 6 of report does comparison.
https://capabees.com/shared/CAPA-Statement-on-Colony-Losses-2021-2022-FV.pdf
You access previous reports here:
https://capabees.com/capa-statement-on-honey-bees/
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