Under Wraps for the winter (winter of 2015)

2015 was our first winter with the bees. I really stressed over it because its hard wintering over bees in the north. I had read all kinds of articles, talked to lots of seasoned beekeepers, then finally decided what we would do.
Our town is quite windy, my gut told me we needed to protect them from some of that north eastern winds that blow during the winter here. And since the bees were in a chain link enclosure, the solution was simple, I would tarp the north and east sides of the fence. The insulation of choice was 2 inch Styrofoam.
Some months earlier we had decided to combine the 2 hives together for the best survival rate during the winter. I then compressed all the bees into one brood box, then put a honey super ontop of that with 10 full frames of honey. On top of the honey super I placed an inside cover with screen over the opening, then a empty box which we called the attic box. Inside the attic box, we put fiberglass insulation inside a old pillow case. Then put the outside cover ontop.
We had cut the Styrofoam then tuck taped it around the hive, leaving the entrance open. I had decided not to have a top vent hole after having many conversations whether to have one or not. Because of a recent surgery, we didn't get the bees wrapped up until the beginning of November. Thankfully mother nature was kind and the weather was quite mild up to that point. I was relieved we got it done.
That night while I was suppose to be sleeping, I started worrying about the lack of a top vent.
I worried that the condensation would build up in the hive during the winter and come spring the bees would all be dead. So first thing the next morning....I drilled a hole in the attic box to help let any extra condensation escape.
This is what the winter wrap looked like....not very pretty but it worked.