[SDCBeeks] Blanking Bee Hives in Santa Fe, NM

[Jason Schaefer]

Hi Hugh

I have used actual blankets during some of the most bitter cold single digit
nights. I would put the blankets on loose a few hours after dark and take them
off before the sun touched them. There was perspiration that was frozen on the
blankets from the hive. I had plenty of ventilation.

I know some people wrap hives in really cold climates. In santa fe the
temperature fluctuates so much during the winter it might cause more problems
than is solves. So I don't mess with insulating them but I do make sure they
have a sizable wind break and are placed somewhere they get early morning sun,
as much as possible. 

Jason



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