The big pond does create a bit of a buffer, but it only extends about five miles or so, I’m well outside of that, as are many keepers I’ve talked to. No one heats their hives, not even with a lamp in the shed if they’re kept in one. They just move them out of the wind or block the wind with a...
I dunno ralphie, all the beekeepers I’ve met around here winter their bees, and before they started dealing with mites had winter success over 90% - and Thunder Bay winters are a bit colder and a fair bit longer than Minnesota. One old guy who’s had bees his whole life puts some of the hives in...