- Joined
- May 18, 2013
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- Location
- Traditional Surrey
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 10-20 depending
I have a Demareed colony with two full Q- brood boxes above two supers above a QE above a Q+ brood box about half full. The temperature is falling to 5C or lower at night. What happens? They spread across the brood and shiver to keep temperatures up, cluster and sacrifice some brood or - nightmare - cluster in the top boxes away from HM?