OK, I'll bite...

So you tested UNWRAPPED "styrofoam" hives against wrapped
wooden hives?

And you did not add any sort of upper entrance to the
styrofoam hives?

Isn't this sort of like having a "who can dive the deepest"
contest where one contestant is given a wetsuit and a tank
of air?

...or did the maker/vendor/dealer claim that styrofoam hives
"needed no winter wrapping", not knowing that someone would
take them at their word chosing a test site not far from the
location where the movie "Ice Station Zebra"
http://cinerama.topcities.com/iszticketflyer.htm
http://cinerama.topcities.com/iszphoto4.jpg
was filmed?

        jim (Who notes that Bee-L is a mechanism that
           enables beekeepers with a life to benefit
           from the labors of those who don't.)

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