[TumorousJoker]

No need to be pedantic, it's cold 9 months in a year, and that's the point we are trying to make here.

[stapled_socks]

I disagree. It's not about being pedantic, but losing confidence that the author understands concepts that are highly relevant to the subject.

[jve]

Kind of insulting to those who have all 4 seasons. Heating must be done in autumn and spring but I understand winter when it is <0 celsius or close to that or maybe one day +5, other -x. Yeah, that's still winter.

[mosselman]

Then write that. Saying winter lasts 9 months is nonsense and nonsense in journalism should be pointed out, though not as aggressively perhaps.

[harperlee]

Well now that I think about it, I do welcome literary devices when they are so obvious that they only assume primary schooling. Normally they make the text more human, more fun. Also, I can't really see someone getting deeply confused by this; and momentarily confusion is even good to revisit some knowledge from time to time.

[matz1]

No, its far from nonsense, it makes the article more fun and interesting or maybe the author has different definition of winter. They are not writing formal academic paper.

[mosselman]

I agree, you must have misunderstood, I define 'nonsense' as something creative and fun to read.

[MycroftJones]

I define "winter" as the time honeybees don't fly. Summer bees don't fly below 13 Celsius, and winter bees don't fly below 8 Celcius. Winter bees are the first ones out of the hive in spring, raising up the summer bees for the big harvest.