> If your not wrapping them and preparing them for winter than you shouldn't have bees. There is an entire philosophy of beekeeping supported by a variety of s

> If your not wrapping them and preparing them for winter than you shouldn't have bees. There is an entire philosophy of beekeeping supported by a variety of studies conducted on remote islands around the UK that we should be positioning bees for minimal interference like you suggest (as well as interference via mite treatments, etc) in order to allow for evolutionary adaptations to create more robust bee populations.