I think TwT is right. People (and bees for that matter) were not intended to live this far north. I hate the cold and I hate shoveling snow even more. Shovel the driveway. Shovel the porch. Shovel a pathway to the chicken coop. Shovel a path to the enormous wood pile I have to keep from freezing to death. Shovel a path to the beehives and be sure those entrances are clear. :roll:
HURRY UP SPRING!!!
You're both wrong, people shouldn't live in the south, it's too darned hot to move for most of the year. The snowblower makes quick work of all those paths - you'll never hear me complain about the weather in January! :evil:
Catch 22, I love the cold, been around snow some, skiing (Breckenridge, Vale) and visiting New Jersey yrs ago, I love to hunt in very cold temps, used to breaking ice on the way to the deer stand, our cold weather is cold!! 20F feels like -30F to you northerners, we got humidity, come on down when its 25F and 60% humidity, scares most northerners right back up!!! But our hot temps keep me in bees throughout the yr pretty much, in fact going on a swarm call in a few hrs, imagine that a swarm call, 911 call, on October 2, gotta love it.
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay, what's a swarm in October worth?
...JP ;)