Winter Hive Ventilation - A Deep Dive

[@aaronparis4714]

I been waiting 😅thanks my man for explaining I hope you have a great Christmas 🎄🎄

[@aaronparis4714]

I hear you breathing threw your noise icing up 😂

[@aaronparis4714]

So question I have 3 inch on my tops on my wood hives and then I used reflectics Bubble wrap on my sides is this considered a good insulation some say yes some say no it’s not the cheap thin stuff it’s actual refletics

[@martinraspaud3897]

Thanks for explaining all this! One question though: do I understand correctly that you have the combs perpendicular to the entrance, so as to block the airflow a bit? I'm from Sweden myself, 55 north.

[@emindeboer5280]

more important he has the cluster above the entrance an a volume below level of entrance so cold air gets in sinks calms and prevents turbulence inside near cluster.

[@emindeboer5280]

I am from Berlin 53 North 😉

[@emindeboer5280]

great , your vent channels documentation should interest science guys, I think no one of those has anything alike yet. You have open bottom, right? You have good quality queens, with strong big colonies.

[@emindeboer5280]

Seeley recommends R30 above and R10 sides - from natural tree cavities

[@emindeboer5280]

top vent hole is an US fad, Palmer unfortunately makes this abomination prominent,

[@aaronparis4714]

I been waiting 😅thanks my man for explaining I hope you have a great Christmas 🎄🎄