>> >roof are down tight, some keepers even cover them with plastic. Now, if the >> >bees are using up the available oxygen, leaving carbon dioxide, which will >> >rise with the heat created, the hive becomes a death trap. > > If this were the case, we'd also have a lot of dead Eskimos. >Think of the hive in the winter as a bee igloo. > I hardly think this is a good analogy. The Eskimos can get out for a walk around!!! **************************************************** * David Eyre 9 Progress Drive, Unit 2, * * The Beeworks, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1.* * [log in to unmask] 705-326-7171 * * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks * ****************************************************