Anyone bringing shade to their bees for the forecast heat wave?

[Erichalfbee]

What are Potting Shed Bees?

These

 

[Erichalfbee]

That is the air temperature. When the sun hits it it is heated by radiant energy, and could easily go up 70 degrees or more. The temperature of the air is what should be measured, and that must be done in shade.

Yes my point entirely. The bees are in the sun all day. I’m not worried about the brood box and two poly supers but there are two wooden ones. So I covered them in reflective foil insulation

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

What are Potting Shed Bees?

In some areas they're known as smoking shelters

 

[Erichalfbee]

Surely not with............................?

No. Coins. And they are out now

 

[Ian123]

I did 2 frames of grafts yesterday morning, I’m happy to report when I checked this morning there was really good takes on both frames. The cell raiser is sitting on a flat roof in full sun in Surrey. Just to prove life in the hive goes on perfectly normally and bees manage just fine!

 

[Erichalfbee]

I did 2 frames of grafts yesterday morning, I’m happy to report when I checked this morning there was really good takes on both frames. The cell raiser is sitting on a flat roof in full sun in Surrey. Just to prove life in the hive goes on perfectly normally and bees manage just fine!

I just couldn't listen to mine fanning like crazy. They are on a solid floor .

 

[silentscyther]

My hives are insulated and there has been no bearding at all.

 

[Beesnaturally]

no wonder, if you've propped up the crownboard, allowed warm air to rush through the hive from entrance to top and totally b*ggered up the bees' efforts at balancing the hive internal dynamics

Of course in that case I hadn't. You are batting on the practice pitch.

 

[Beesnaturally]

I did nothing.
My bees did nothing unusual.
They are still alive today: as am I

I may have said this before recently, but: one swallow does not a summer make... Not all hives are made of the same fabrics... Not all are positioned idenically in terms of sun and wind... and so on.

 

[Beesnaturally]

I did 2 frames of grafts yesterday morning, I’m happy to report when I checked this morning there was really good takes on both frames. The cell raiser is sitting on a flat roof in full sun in Surrey. Just to prove life in the hive goes on perfectly normally and bees manage just fine!

What? You really think one sample offers a proof of all circumstances?

 

[madasafish]

What? You really think one sample offers a proof of all circumstances?

Two samples: Ian and I

 

[Ian123]

What? You really think one sample offers a proof of all circumstances?

No I don’t it’s an example and as none here are reporting massive hive deaths either we can assume for the vast majority it passed without incident….correct?….I don’t think Kent’s remote either and in that you are alone I presume

 

[user 20297]

No I don’t it’s an example and as none here are reporting massive hive deaths either we can assume for the vast majority it passed without incident….correct?….I don’t think Kent’s remote either and in that you are alone I presume

I keep hearing that, about Kent not being remote.....it's miles away!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I keep hearing that, about Kent not being remote.....it's miles away!

not bloody far enough

 

[SWEET]

What? You really think one sample offers a proof of all circumstances?

Full sun (tons of stocks) mix of single/double brood and nucs (OMF/SOLID), wood/poly and a load of tiny Apidea hives - all fine and zero issues @ just under 40 degrees and no bowls of water

Also had a bunch of old frames next to my industrial Solar Melter, solid until tossed into the racks.

 

[Beesnaturally]

No I don’t it’s an example and as none here are reporting massive hive deaths either we can assume for the vast majority it passed without incident….correct?….I don’t think Kent’s remote either and in that you are alone I presume

Its interesting. I wish I'd looked more closely at the circumstances when it happened. I'd assumed at the time it was something to guard against, and have done since.

Did I ever say Kent was remote? It was right next London last time I looked.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Did I ever say Kent was remote

yes, more than once

 

[Erichalfbee]

yes, more than once

To be fair Mike says his apiaries are remote not Kent

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

To be fair Mike says his apiaries are remote not Kent

no, what he said was vast areas of kent are remote, so the logical conclusion is, so is Kent

 

[madasafish]

I thought Kent was the home of inbred hillbillies and those retiring on parents' wealth. But I am full of prejudices which would get me banned from FB. ( the current Conservative Party Leadership elections tend to reinforce my prejudices)

Apologies to those who fit neither category.. and those who are politically easily offended, (If either of the candidates become PM, we will all regret it --based on history)