Bee Hive Color Page: Secrets Behind Nature’s Most Efficient Designs

A forum community dedicated to beekeeping, bee owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about breeding, honey production, health, behavior, hives, housing, adopting, care, classifieds, and more! Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid. Two pollen trap designs are described. Has anyone made or seen plans for a bee hunting box?Or done any bee lining?I'd like to try and locate some feral hives this summer. Thanks,Jack The core idea behind the Primal Bee hive is thermal efficiency. Most standard hives, even insulated ones, lose a huge amount of heat through poor design and box geometry. That heat loss forces bees to spend massive amounts of energy just to maintain brood temperature, especially in cooler months or during early development. Bee barns seems to lose a lot of conventional options like Demaree, swapping hive locations to equalize, finding the queen seems way harder on massive frame! It seems like so many manipulations are based on standard equipment which seems standard for a reason.