From: grizzly bearnolds <mkittner@telus.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 13:14:52 -0700
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Northern Winter Management & Plastic Topper

>Have any of you tried the old double walled type hives in the extreme
>north (Alaska, Canada)?

Can't say anything to that, also have never heard anyone around here using
double walled hives. My question would be, what happens to the spots where
there are no double walls, like where the boxes come together? The normal
hive boxes are thick enough for all purposes, but they often don't fit
tight together, so drafts and blasts can get through there too easily.
Wrapping the hives cuts those drafts out I would say.

Ma. / Nass Valley .. British Columbia .. CANADA
(near the Alaska border) .. five colonies and a donkey
Beekeeper's Apprentice .. mailto:mkittner@telus.net