Sunday, April 12, 2020

condensation on cloake board

bee, beekeeping, cloake board, condensation, queen excluder, respiration, spring, swarm capture, ventilation,

bee, beekeeping, cloake board, condensation, queen excluder, respiration, spring, swarm capture, ventilation,
52 °F and there's a puddle of something on the cloake board landing area.  I dip my finger into the liquid and confirm the taste of simple water - nothing sweet about it.  Stacking the medium sized swarm atop an overwintered hive creates enough combined warm moist respiration to create condensation. Condensation, common in winter has taken me by surprise in spring.

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