I did it today. I did it yesterday. We've had really warm weather the past 3-4 days so the bees have been very busy hauling out dead bees. The mouse guards hamper their efforts. I help
When it's cold out, I guess I try to get up to see them every couple of weeks. They've got upper entrances which they can (and do) use if they have to.
It depends...when it has snowed usually within 2 or 3 days, sometimes snow and ice builds up and it clogs up the bottom entrance.
Other then that about 2 weeks.
Konrad
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