Hive Merr1 - Tar Paper
County: Merrimack
Bee Race: Italian
Source: 2021 Package
Queen: 1st Year
Hive Name: Merr1
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Hive details:
- 10 Frame Langstroth
- Wrapped on 10/31/21
- Stack: Deep, Deep
- Winterization:
tar paper, closed bottom board, 1" Polystyrene insulation on top
bottom entrance : 2"x5/16"
top entrance : 1/2"x1/2"
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Notes:
- Colony get filtered sun in winter.
- 2/12/22 - Candy board with 1/2" vent hole added, wrap pulled up to cover joint between candy board and hive body.
- 3/7/22 - vent hole plugged, found wrap had dropped so joint was exposed. Pulled wrap back up.
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Live Stream
Sensor location notes: "Outside hive" is the apiary sensor.
"Outside" (pink line) is not from a sensor. It data pulled by broodminder from a weather data site.
Woodenware sensor listed as "other" and doesn't show in the livestream