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>The bees will tell the beekeeper what to do, if only the beekeeper is
observant.
Amen. I am in violent agreement with Allen’s premise here.
One way of observing the hive congestion, as I mentioned earlier, is to
visit the bees at night and check the smarmy-looking bee-beard and then
ventilate according to your set up: SBB, holes, shims, even screened tops
under the outercover with spacers in between. As many of you have seen in
my last photo, I just knock out a pine-knot came built-in in the wood;
most commercial/budget grade wood contain them at naturally convenient
spots with varying sizes. When I am out of screened bottoms, I just lift
up the outercover, using two one-by scrap timber beneath. Yes, insulation
complements ventilation: I also now use 1-inch Styrofoam insulation on
top of the outercover to block the chill and heat at the same time. Yes,
Yogi, we can observe a lot by watching them.
Yoon
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