Hive Hugger Condensing Hive | Crown Only
Just arrived!!! Specially designed to fit Canadian woodenware!
"Our mission is to provide the best honey bee winterization system ever made" - Peggy DeSanto - Minnesota - Inventor of Hive Hugger
Hive Hugger condensing hives support bee populations;
- Demonstrated a 90% winter survival rate
- Queens start laying earlier
- Hives ran 7-17°C warmer
- Colonies came through winter stronger
- Bees consumed 50% less feed
The science behind keeping your bees warm.
Crown with R32 Insulation rating in a panel only 0.8 inches thick.
High-tech vacuum insulation panels meet the bee industry!
Made from the most effective insulation material ever created, the high R-value Crown panel is the key to creating a condensing hive. It keeps the top of the hive above the dew point, allowing condensation to occur instead on the cooler sides. Your bees stay warm & dry.
Plus, most heat loss is from the top of the hive, so providing high R-value top insulation is critical in ensuring overwintering success.
Since this is a special run specifically designed for Canadian box sizes we are stocking Hive Hugger for 10-frame equipment for 2024. If we get enough demand we will bring in Hive Hugger for 8-frame Canadian boxes future seasons.
USA boxes are 3/4 inches thick while ours are 7/8 inches. Canadian crowns will extend past the edges of USA boxes.
The Hive Hugger® design is based on research done by Etienne Tardif, Tom Seeley, Derek Mitchell, Bill Hesbach, Randy Oliver and many others.