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The Hyve Forum
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Product Questions
How to use or setup your Hyper Hyve™.Cold Climate Beekeeping
If you deal with snow all winter, this is your spot to ask for some beekeeping advice.Warm Climate Beekeeping
This is for beekeeping areas that normally do not get snow in winter or for very long.Monitoring Questions
Do you have a Hyper Hyve™ and have some how to or technical monitoring questions?Honey Harvesting
Looking for advice or a question on harvesting honey?Honey Products
Honey is delicious and very versitile. How do you use honey?Mite Treatments
If you treat for mites this is the place to ask questions and give advice for mite managment.Apiary Updates
What is going on today in your apiary?Feeding Bees
Whether feeding for Winter, Spring, or during Nectar dearth. What works and doesn't work.Bee Swarms
Swarm patrol. How to catch a swarm.Treating vs. Not Treating
Why do you choose to treat or not treat for mites. Is it working? Strategies?New Posts
- DiscussionThere seems to be a fair amount of beekeepers that do not use treatments and rely on other methods in controlling mites. I'm curious who isn't using treatments and what is their success rates.0
- DiscussionWe are building a beehive that really is two hives in one. 1. It is an insulated hive that mimics a tree hollows insulation value. During all seasons bees benefit from tree hollows by helping keep hive temperatures more steady. This leaves far less bees on climate control duty and more on hygienic grooming and foraging duty. This is the primary reason insulated hives produce more honey and have less disease. Higher humidity can also play a role in less disease, but that almost needs its own discussion. 2. Beehive monitoring isn’t new but it certainly is gaining traction. What monitoring does, is help eliminate observational error and can give you 24/7 access to what’s going on in the hive. Through integrated beekeeping apps you can also schedule tasks based on schedules or hive data, which means less time interrupting your hives. I’m interested in hearing how you use monitoring or what might be holding you back from using it.0