Experimenting with honey bees: Northern hive depopulation & wintering

Having depopulated my first hive this past December, I. now have observations and reflections to share with. beekeepers who might want to try the practice, yet are reticent to do so without further guidance. In additions I spent time experimenting with wintering bees., Given my experiences, I now question some of beekeeping's craft wisdom often handed down as fact.