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Re: Humidity in the hive and winterfeeding
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:12:35 -0700
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> >During winter feeding a lot of water is being brought into the hive, e.g.
> approx. 9 – 10 liters when feeding ~ 15 kg of sugar in the form of sugar
> syrup. How does the colony get rid of this? By ventilation, by condensation
> or actively by the bees?


Water vapor is less dense than air, so it rises, and then depending upon
the insulative value of the cover, condenses either above the cluster or on
the sides of the cavity.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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