Member, Nock, you are so correct.
Note; in just a few day?s.., At 18f for the low and 38F for the high, two consecutive days of cold, my hives will probably experience brood chill. How bad remains to be seen. I could insulate my hives, but unfortunately, in my case, I raise queens and must allow the weather to cull. Not all of my queens are laying, I noticed a few weeks ago the older queens were waiting to lay. Maybe I?ll get lucky and the laying queens only laid enough eggs to cover.
November, 1st week and 18F: colder than normal,
December: coldest day about 24F and much warmer than normal, Christmas Day 64F.
January: just cold as usual, cold front, then chinook, then cold front, again chinook....
Best to your bees.
Van