In east TN, I don't think I can remember ever having enough snow to get over
the lower entrance of most of my hives. Some are only on a single concrete
block - I suppose we've had that much once or twice in my lifetime.  And
what snow we have usually melts off in a day or two, at the least within a
week.  So, it really depends on where you live.

In lower SC, it might snow once or twice in a lifetime and the 3 years I was
there might have dipped below 30 twice.  Not much chance of lower entrances
being blocked there.  When in Denver, it started snowing two days after I
got there (over a foot in the city, over seven feet in upper elevations) and
I don't think it stopped until July (at which point we packed up and moved
<g>).

-Karen

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Alan Riach asked:

"So the question is - with screened bottoms should the top be open or
close or does it matter."