LAST WEEK FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS IN BEE-L , I TRIED MY FIRST BAGGIE FEEDER. THEY TOOK TO IT IMMEDIATELY.I HAD CUT LITTLE HOLES IN THE TOP AND DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF AN AIR BUBBLE THEY PRETTY WELL DRAINED IT IN TWO DAYS OF RAINY WEATHER. WHAT I DID THAT WAS DIFFERENT OR NOT DISCUSSED ,WAS THAT I MADE A 1"DEEP FRAME MUCH LIKE THE FRAME OF AN INNER COVER. I THEN PLACED AN INNER COVER ABOVE IT. THEN THE OUTER COVER. UPON OPENING IT YESTERDAY THE BEES WERE NOT ONLY ALL OVER THE BAGGIE TOP SIDE BUT CLUSTERED ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE INNER COVER.jUST WHAT THEY WERE DOING I AM NOT SURE. i NOW HAVE TWPO HIVES WITH BAGGIE FEEDERS AND AM GOING TO TRY A VERTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND SEE HOW IT WILL WORK. PLACEING THE BAGGIE OVER THE INNER COVER MAY WORK WELL TOO.TRYING EVERYTHING BEFORE COLD WEATHER . KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING. OH ABOUT INSULATION. YES I TOO HAVE USED THE GALLON SIZED FEEDER IN A DEEP SUPER DURING THE WINTER WITHOUT INSULATION AND WAS NOT SURE WHETHER THE INSULATION WAS OF ANY USE. IT DIDN'T DO ANY HARM.