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🐝 End of October at ForestBeehive Apiary in Central Maine 🍂
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My Russian bees are still bringing in pale-yellow pollen — likely from fleabane daisies or yarrow — to raise their long-lived winter bees. Winter bees will survive up to half a year, 4× longer than summer workers, with extra fat to keep the queen warm through Maine’s freezing winters. ❄️
There’s raw wool insulation within the inner walls of my Layens Horizontal hives, but before winter I also insulate my divider boards with what I call “Forest-Beehive dumpling” — raw sheep wool wrapped inside a cotton hand towel, and attach it with pushpins to each divider board.
Insulated divider board along with insulated walls and top help bees maintain a heat envelope within a compact bee space.
I leave a 3/4" gap under divider boards so bees can reach nectar and honey, then store extra frames for spring. For top insulation, I add a wool blanket and a burlap pillow filled with wool, close the lid, ratchet-strap, and seal top vents — it will result in less heat loss so the bees would need less honey for winter survival. 🍯
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