i have had good success with the cedar shaving quilt box. very effective for moisture control
I use something like this
http://www.honeyrunapiaries.com/shop/woodenware/woodenware-10frame/all-season-inner-cover
but with a cedar instead of foam and screen bottom instead of plywood
Another vote for the Honey Run Apiaries' All-Season inner cover, but with the foam insulation as supplied from Honey Run. Our Denver winters are cold and dry. For the winter, I simply insert the foam insulation into the All-Season IC. I don't do anything else to the hive, i.e. no wrapping, no moisture absorbing, etc. In other words, my hives spend the winter with insulation on only the top, and with a top and a bottom entrance.
For bees in winter, moisture is the greater enemy than cold because a healthy hive with good honey stores generates it own heat, but wet bees quickly become dead bees even in mild temps. Put another way, bees have developed a sophisticated strategy to keep themselves warm in the winter, but have no way to dry themselves despite emitting a lot of moisture when metabolizing honey.
I think some people may over react to the cold, and end up cutting off a hive's ventilation by adding unneeded insulation, which then kills the hive by causing moisture buildup. Unless a hive is already impaired for other reasons, I would suggest insulation is only needed when very far north, so beeks not in the extreme north should first focus on providing effective winter-time ventilation. Again, this is for a healthy hive, meaning a good size cluster and good honey stores.
JMHO