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RE: Can you spot the queen? Triple play
I've seen the top bar hives, which look similar to the long langs but without the frames. What climate are you in? Here in Idaho the bees over winter better in a vertical hive. What has been your over wintering experience with the long langs?
We are zone 7a. Our winters are fairly mild, but I did have one hive freeze in March two years ago. A 10 frame lang can overwinter here if it gets a candy board in January. I don't have a problem if I can build up my long langs to 15 frames before November.
Ah, we are zone 4b so our winters are a bit colder :)