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Honey Bees Don`t Like it Hot Temperature Measurements in Beehives During High Sunlight

Authors: Marco Messelken, Julia Wurm, Claus Brell

First measurements with the help of several temperature sensors in a beehive show that a high heat input through solar radiation in a beehive leads to stress in the bee colony. The bees show cooling behavior that can be observed directly and with sound analyses in order not to let the temperature in the hive rise above 38°C. A measurement without bees shows a difference in internal temperature of up to 7°C in a comparison between a shaded and an unshaded hive. The heat input can be reduced by simple measures such as shading by placing a rear-ventilated radiation shield. It is recommended to shade hives in summer.

Comments: 6 Pages. This paper is based on a contribution to the conference of the Entomologische Gesellschaft Düsseldorf e.V. in Düsseldorf, Germany, 2023

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