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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:19:26 -0400
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Ed Geels wrote:

>  I'm assuming that since
> moisture from the inside causes the problems of pushing the paint off
> the outside in my case it can't get into the board at all since it is
> sealed from the inside of the hive with oil based paint also.  But I'm
> wondering if this will cause too much buildup of moisture in the inside
> of the hive during the winter?
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

We have probably too many thoughts about moisture in the hive. If you
check the archives you will see many, many posts about moisture.

The problem with painted interiors (I, at one time, painted the inside
also) is when you do any cleaning with your hive tool (such as normal
spring cleaning), you take off paint as well as burr comb and propolis.
So the integrity of the painted interior will not last long, hence you
will have moisture migration.

Latex paint will be the better choice, even with interior hive paint.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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