Nov 30, 2023 · However - the air passages are a bit too large (thus maybe too drafty) - I would toss a blanket over this bubble wrap so to trap the air and reduce the air moves thru the …

Nov 9, 2008 · A commercial beek in my area -PNW usa- uses reflectix brand (silver-mylar coated bubble wrap) insulation cut to the size of a hive body as an inner cover, year round. he uses …

Jul 18, 2014 · So then I cut a piece of bubble wrap off, the large bubble kind. That worked pretty well. No drowned bees there, either. The bubble wrap, though, floats up really tall out of the …

Oct 25, 2015 · Tar paper just accumulates heat while the sun is on it. It creates a micro climate around the hive. It is also a wind break. When the sun goes down it very quickly looses any …

Jul 19, 2012 · the double bubble wrap (one of the names in Canada) is a good product. The only problem with it is to get any R value, it must be compressed. It does help to retain heat on …

Dec 2, 2015 · The bubble wrap will prevent the warm moist air from the cluster reaching the cold inside of the outer cover. Were it to do so, the moisture would condense and cause 'rain' to fall …

Nov 1, 2014 · Some of the building wrap (house wrap) products are pretty much white colored, so it is certainly possible to use a light colored wrap if one wanted to do so. Also, some of those …

Nov 24, 2023 · Tigger, everything I use for this is repurposed. Mostly birdseed bags- I buy the birdseed with the type of plastic I want! I have some others that are random zip top bags that …

Nov 4, 2023 · I'm now following what Ian Steppler uses as inner covers. Reflective bubble wrap. In late November we will wrap the hives in a sheet of roof underlayment. No insulation …

Mar 28, 2020 · A feed rim is atop the upper brood box. These rims had exits / vent holes the size of the first joint of your little finger. Similar size hole central on upper brood box and a 3/8 X 3" …