Winterizing the hives.

Bee "Jolly Ranchers"
Bee “Jolly Ranchers”
Insulating hives
Insulating hives
Top bar insulation
Top bar insulation

The top bar has a 2 inch closed-cell foam board on the top under the roof. We put plastic on the sides to block the wind and a candy wafer inside for extra food. The wind hit last week and knocked the hive off the footings. If we hadn’t put the tie-down straps on the hives they both would have been kites or torn apart by the 60+ mile-an-hour winds.

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