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Date: | Sun, 3 Dec 2023 12:05:43 -0500 |
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>There is a need for an environmentally friendly bee hive insulating
material.
There's a lot of research on eco-friendly alternatives using compostable composites from the waste stream of various manufacturing processes, but none have come to market.
Like it or not, high-density expanded polystyrene boxes are being manufactured in various parts of the world as alternatives to wood, and they are selling well. A visit to Apimondia is all one needs to understand this market trend. One argument is that if the beekeeper insulates, poly boxes satisfy all the hive's insulation and hive-gas management needs, which remain in place, functioning similarly to a natural tree cavity in the winter or summer. Another commercial pitch is that there are some transportation savings in terms of load weight, advertised as eco-friendly for those pollinators interested in that sort of thing.
It's challenging to defend Poly's use of fossil fuels, and I'm not, but wood alternatives are not as environmentally friendly as one might think. Harvesting forest products has its share of environmental concerns.
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