The cooler weather mornings have approached so I decided to start to wrap my hives. I'm using 3/4" closed cell Styrofoam to the exterior. This year I'm going to leave the bottom boards out and just wrap the base in tar paper to promote heat from the bottom up. I'm also leaving the south face of insulation off for now and will place tar paper over it when the weather really turns. I also removed one of the lower boxes in the swarm hive as they had all moved up and I could do it early this morning without disturbing the bees to much.
The robbing has continued at the strong hive and the pile of dead bees is growing deeper by the day. Other than that, the bees are busy preparing for winter. I have noticed that the size of the bees seem to be getting smaller as the winter approaches., Later
The robbing has continued at the strong hive and the pile of dead bees is growing deeper by the day. Other than that, the bees are busy preparing for winter. I have noticed that the size of the bees seem to be getting smaller as the winter approaches., Later
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