>Allen, I was asking about your actual experience.  You state above that they
>would be dead within weeks.  I assumed that you were speaking from
>experience.  I am curious as to whether your observation is due to the
>insulation factor of baby nuc boxes, or due to size.

It has to do with the volume of the cavity compared to the population.

Active bees do best when housed in a cavity which borders on crowding them.

The problem is always that the population can change drastcally overnight 
when there is a big hatch or the available volume can change if a flow 
materializes.  

Comb honey producers try to keep their bees crowded and warm.

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