Winter Prep-Ventilation, Insulation & Insertion

[Finman]

Is that for you or your bees

Yes

 

[linoleum bonypart]

A super of brood above filled with celotex gives you 5 or 6 inches of insulation

 

[Finman]

A super of brood above filled with celotex gives you 5 or 6 inches of insulation

I have same inner cover the year around. Same insulation. I need my boxes for frames.

 

[Finman]

A super of brood above filled with celotex gives you 5 or 6 inches of insulation

2-3 inches insulation is enough in my hives.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Hope this link works
Derek gets a good mention
http://www.beeculture.com/winter-management/

 

[BrianO]

Thanks Erich, really interesting article, and educational.

Cheers

Brian.

 

[Finman]

Thanks Erich, really interesting article, and educational.

Cheers

Brian.

I do not understand much about it. Wintering bees in cold climate is not that difficult.
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[REDWOOD]

Some people like blowing their own trumpet and over complicate things when bees have been overwintering fine by themselves for millions of years.
come on Finny I remember your post last year how to do it, you might as well post it again

 

[Finman]

come on Finny I remember your post last year how to do it, you might as well post it again

Come on Redwood. You are better in beekeeping than me out there. But what you are missing is winter. You have cold summer but warm winter.

Our summer is short, but only little snow.

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[REDWOOD]

And being on the cost, the sea warms the land in our so called winter.
I do take my hat off to those who do winter bees in such long cold winters and understand why poly hives are so widely used.

 

[REDWOOD]

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[user 6228]

Hope this link works
Derek gets a good mention
http://www.beeculture.com/winter-management/

He is inaccurate in his understanding. He writes " Derek Mitchell went beyond simple R-value calculations and used his physics background to apply known thermal mass calculations to compare the heat transfer (loss) of a tree to that of man-made hives. " I didnt use thermal mass at at all. He's mixing up colony mass and lumped thermal conductance

 

[Erichalfbee]

He is inaccurate in his understanding.................................... " I didnt use thermal mass at at all. He's mixing up colony mass and lumped thermal conductance