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Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:50:54 -0600
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Dick Allen wrote:
>> The nuc box on top acts as the insulation for the bottom
>
> As stated earlier, what I read on the thermometer was the same
> temperature as outside air. It doesn't seem to me there's going to be
> any insulation at all.

I agree with you, but wonder when you measured.  Was it when the bees were
settled in early in Winter, or after they got more active again in Spring?
Or both?

We discussed ,some time back, whether bees warm their hives, and there is a
lot of confusion on the topic, since sometimes they do not, yet, at other
times like Spring, under proper conditions they may.  Therefore, the amount
of heat generated by a cluster will vary a lot and two people attempting to
measure the same thing may see different things depending on season,
stimuli, time of day and other (possibly random) factors.

allen
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