Thermal Impacts of Apicultural Practice
"In the delicate dance of life within a beehive, the unseen orchestrator is often thermodynamics, an intricate symphony of energy transfer and conservation" Since Langstroth's development of the moveable frame hive, beekeeping techniques and hive design have mainly not changed . This invention completely changed the way beekeepers kept bees, making it much easier to harvest honey and inspect hives. Though there were many advantages to this design, there were also some unanticipated difficulties, particularly with regard to how bees control the temperature inside their hive. Maintaining robust, healthy, and productive colonies requires an understanding of these thermal dynamics as well as how hive design, management decisions, and environmental factors all affect temperature regulation. "Honeybee colony temperature is controlled by social thermoregulation, with the bees collectively regulating heat and humidity to create a perfect environment for brood ...