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Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
How to Winterize a Beepod so your hives can survive the cold winters. Our BeeRito wrap helps keep bees warm and comfortable.
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Backyard Beekeeping
Bee
Autumn Tea
Bee Do
Cold Temperature
Hives
Make It Through
Bee Keeping
Bee Hive
Cold Winter
Your hive needs YOUR help to get ready for the colder temperatures.
Hive Stand
Make A Door
Days In February
90 Degrees
Combs
Blankets
Electric
Honey Bars.... they heat em up to 90 degrees to keep warm in the hive, then eat em for food... wax combs can be melted so they make a door in the top and all move from one bar to the next.... heating and eating til spring. So save em a couple electric blankets to drop in during the warm days in February....
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Bar Top
Wire Mesh
Mice
Bees
Quarter
Metal Lattice
Computer Mouse
Wire Mesh Screen
Mouse Guards... quarter inch wire mesh is big enough for bees and keeps the mice from entering
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Velcro
Baby Strollers
Laura
Wrap
Save
Children
Laura Bee fastens the velcro wrap
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Outdoor Sofa
Outdoor Furniture
Outdoor Decor
Cradle
Vented
3m Velcro stapled to the cradle holds the wraps on tight while leaving the vented bottom open an accessible
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Pulls
Snug
Survival
Wrap pulls tight and snaps into the velcro snug
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Wind Break
Canned Heat
Outdoor Ottoman
BEE-rito Wrap... wind break and insulator... shiny side up to reflect the Sun... because we don't want solar gain... bees can heat just fine.
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Burrito Wrap
Yummy
Inspired
Burrito Wrap... inspired the BEE-rito wrap insulators... and it was yummy too.
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Quonset Hut
Foil Wrapped
Foam Sheets
Straw
Wood
Quonset Hut Design... P2000 foil wrapped foam sheets bowed into a wood base with a back.... should slow the wind while not giving mice a straw home...
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Ribs
Edges
Warm
Touch
Best
gotta distribute the shavings evenly and away from the edges... there are two ribs on the lid that touch the bars... shavings go between ribs for best fitting lid.
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Stapling
Receiver
Tape
Stapling the velcro receiver tape to the cradle
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Queen Size
Cedar
Liner
Queen-sized zippered pillow liner filled with wood shavings (aromatic cedar) makes for a great insulator and desiccant.
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Metal Tape
Side Cuts
Fit
Shape
Back side cut to fit and metal taped
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Wind
Protection
Strapped down for wind protection
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Beta
Exposed
Yard
Outdoor Structures
Patio
Courtyards
Garden
One with base, one without and one exposed... great beta test site at Joel & Bettina's yard.
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
End Of Winter
Failure
Tween
Honey
Bar
Life
Giving them a bar of honey is like giving them another 2 weeks of life at the end of Winter... which could be the difference tween survival and failure
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Pontoon Boat
Wind Screen
Greenhouse
Canopy
Scrap
Wind Screen.. we made these from scrap parts off a greenhouse and the canopy top from a pontoon boat. Any way to reduce the wind whistling through the hive is helpful.
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
Bee Facts
Raising Bees
Buzz Bee
I Love Bees
Backyard Beekeeping
Permaculture Design
Bee Garden
Bee Inspired
Bee Friendly
Infographic: The Buzz on Honey Bees - Follow along in the fascinating and complex world of Honey bees. (HobbyFarms.com)
Top Bar Hive
Bee
Wraps
Honey Bees
Checked on bees today... all but one are still thiving.... bee-rrito wraps are working
CharBee Koenen
Winterizing your Beepod to Save Bees
