How To Insulate A Beehive - Long Hive Insulation - Hyde Hive Long Hive
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- How To Insulate A Beehive - Long Hive Insulation - Hyde Hive Long Hive
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It'll be nice to watch a new vieo about insulation since cold weather came to the UK. Thanks.
Did mine a few weeks ago. I used the insulation you get from Gusto food deliveries cut to fit exactly in to the panes. Even cut circular sections for the vents if needed, on top of this I've laid like a wool blanket, again free with a delivery. No condensation at all in the roof space above or on the perspex and retention of heat in the hive is brilliant.
You will be surprised at how much the crown boards actually insulate, one of our customers used his thermal imaging camera and we found that not a lot of heat gets lost through the perspex. There will obviously be visible condensation, is it more than a normal crown board? Who knows? We (Hyde hives) think it's because you can see it easier. Just as Laurence said it's totally normal and a good sign that your bees are healthy and producing heat. Personally, we keep our trays out all year for the access water to escape but our hives are on our farm at the top of a hill with a semi-constant breeze, each location is different and it's all down to the individual beekeeper's judgment. Great new intro 👌
Yes it's all down to beekeepers preferences. Wooden crownboards will just absorb the moisture so it's much easier to see on a polycarbonate crownboad (which I love BTW). For the sake of a couple of quid, I think its definitely worth doing though as it confines the condensation to the side walls where it can be more readily absorbed. A very easy tweak for overwintering
love the new intro
Cheers Josh! :D
Love the new intro
Thanks Damian 😀
my walls are 1 1/2 in wood and my roof seals to them it is Owens Corning R-10, 2-in x 4-ft x 8-ft FOAMULAR NGX F-250 Unfaced Polystyrene Board Insulation in cased in wood . 3, 1 in holes on long side each end close to ends stacked up & down with wind block for winter. Texas don't get as cold as you. can have two hives of 14 frames on each end.summer can stack suppers on top. 2 -10 frame and 1-8 frame or numerous 5 frames.
Great video man - also the intro is awsome :)
Cheers BHB. I paid £25 for it on Fiverr 😉
I would have put the celotex under the rock wool.
My thinking is the foil cover on the board could reflect heat back down to the bees, so giving an added benefit maybe minimal but every little helps.
Yeah. Either or whichever way works. Probably better insulation that way round as well.
Would also save having to use the feeder cover to block the vent, for anyone that did not have one
My frames touch and have been sealed by bees. I have a ply wood board over frames with closed cell foam 5 inches 127 mm. You loose most of your heat from your head. The same with bee hive roofs. I use a large ac cover on hive for winter. The only vent is the entrance in the floor. Insulate well around where frames touch. That is where most heat is lost allowing frames to get cold. I havent seen anyone put a thermal break between frames and hive. I don't use mineral wool or wool because hive beatles love it.
Nice Intro.....
Thanks 😅
All good stuff thanks. Now what about when you live in an area that lowest avg temp is around 7deg c at night with the occasional 1 degrees c at night.
And we have summer temps of around 37 degrees C during the day and sometimes up to 48c in the shade. Should we insulate for the summer?
I have a Phil Chandler type long hive, I see you didn't insulate the walls, why is this?
Bees can cope well in wooden hives that aren't insulated so these are no different..I just like the keep that top surface above the cluster the most insulated so any condensation forms on the side walls and drip out without interfering with the cluster
Lamb wool is probably the best choice, but off course you can’t get that in whales.