Bee Escapes/ Ventilation

[froggy]

Hi just spotted on Ebay, plastic conical shaped Bee Escapes/ Ventilation. my question is ; are they a necessary " add on" and if so why ? Iam guessing the Hive would vent from the entrance ? cheers Terry.

 

[pargyle]

Hi just spotted on Ebay, plastic conical shaped Bee Escapes/ Ventilation. my question is ; are they a necessary " add on" and if so why ? Iam guessing the Hive would vent from the entrance ? cheers Terry.

They are intended for WBC hives as bees can sometimes get trapped between the inner boxes and the outer 'lifts'. So less for ventilation - more as a bee escape.

Not normally seen on other types of hive - ventilation at roof level is not usually required although I believe that Warre hives, with their unique top arrangements, also have ventilation at the top.

 

[froggy]

many thanks

 

[user 6228]

They are intended for WBC hives as bees can sometimes get trapped between the inner boxes and the outer 'lifts'. So less for ventilation - more as a bee escape.

Not normally seen on other types of hive - ventilation at roof level is not usually required although I believe that Warre hives, with their unique top arrangements, also have ventilation at the top.

Be careful quite a bit of the Warre adherrents descriptions of what happens at the top of a Warre have not been scientifcally verified . And at least at the first inspection of one physicist some of their ideas dont correspond with the physics once the bees get to work.

 

[enrico]

They can also be used for nationals with fancy gable roofs but beware the wasps can get in what the bees can get out of!
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[pargyle]

Be careful quite a bit of the Warre adherrents descriptions of what happens at the top of a Warre have not been scientifcally verified . And at least at the first inspection of one physicist some of their ideas dont correspond with the physics once the bees get to work.

That doesn't surprise me .. despite my left of centre leanings in beekeeping Warre hives always appear to me to be something that was developed to fill a gap at a 'moment in time'. I think Warre was a thoughtful and well versed beekeeper and his thinking culminated in the 'People's Hive' .. but this was the 1950's. Everyone should read his book.

I looked at Warres as an alternative to my LDH but, despite their appeal in some respects, I felt that the disadvantages outweighed their 'bee friendly' credentials.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Warre hives always appear to me to be something that was developed to fill a gap at a 'moment in time'. I think Warre was a thoughtful and well versed beekeeper

Pah - he should have gone the same wqy as Giordano Bruno - on a pyre of his own abominations