Hive Insulation

[Nbw]

Does anyone on here wrap their hives in insulation?

Having lost a couple of hives last year in the cold I was looking at these. Do others use these on their hives?

Cheers
Nick.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Having lost a couple of hives last year in the cold

The cold may be an easy target to blame, but was that the case? in general, last year was pretty mild.
There are plenty of other factors that may cause the demise of a colony, the usual suspects are inadequate feeding, queen failure/poorly mated queen, low bee numbers/poor colony strength going into winter (which can trigger all kinds of other issues) varroosis, the list goes on and on, lack of 'insulation' comes right at the bottom of the list and wrapping the hive in a blanket or similar is never going to save a colony.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I agree.
OP is in Essex. Not exactly Siberia

 

[Erichalfbee]

Does anyone on here wrap their hives in insulation?

I used to
https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/hive-insulation.57663/#post-920898
But all colonies are in poly now.

 

[Sutty]

Does anyone on here wrap their hives in insulation?

Having lost a couple of hives last year in the cold I was looking at these. Do others use these on their hives?

Cheers
Nick.

Looking at what they are made of they don't sound like much insulation.