Bees in the cold part 3 Guest post written by Dean Haley In this blog post I dig deeper into the properties of wooden boxes and foam insulation. We build an insulated cover and I test this with bees in Applethorpe QLD with temperatures as low as -2.4C In bees in the…
Bees in the cold- Part 2 Guest post written by Dean Haley A comparison of two T.carbonaria colonies in a temperate climate. Two colonies of T.carbonaria were taken to Gulgong, a town located in the central tablelands of NSW at Christmas time 2013. This area is characterised by hot summer temperatures sometimes exceeding…