[oxnatbees] Re: Interesting article on Hive design

  • From: Juli Cohen <juliane.cohen@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:05:32 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, Lucy. It was a very interesting article.

Juli

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 12:44, Lucy Owen <lucy.m.owen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I read this and thought some of you might be interested in the scientific
approach here, which is confirming what natural beekeepers know already —
that bees thrive better in natural shaped hives. I don’t like what he says
at the end about polystyrene hives much (for reasons discussed on this
forum previously!), but apart from that, I thought he talked sense.  Will
wait and see what the rest of you think!
https://theconversation.com/to-save-honey-bees-we-need-to-design-them-new-hives-121792?fbclid=IwAR30hAd1IAwxaIM-_wv8y9f9qbAZ9OcXHRLAHmTBQVm9jzebPDhKSNV38wY

All best
Lucy

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