I want to get an observation hive but i dont know where to put it.
I was thinking attaching it into the dryer duct going outside but i dont know if when the dryer turns on will the bees feel the heat in the winter time and go walking out into the freezing cold:
Here is the back going to the outside i would splice the tube in here and run it out to:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8200/dsc00890tj3.jpg) (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00890tj3.jpg)
here the outside vent:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4263/dsc00891tn1.jpg) (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00891tn1.jpg)
My biggest problem is finding a place to run it outside our house and we have this type windows that swing open:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6489/dsc00892nf8.th.jpg) (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00892nf8.jpg)
If anyone has had these windows or knows how to run a hose out of them without leaving a space where air can get in i would greatly appreciate it. Since i can not drill a hole right through are wall.
I've never had an observation hive, but I can visualize problems with the idea of using a dryer duct. :-D What if a small swarm goes the wrong way and ends up in the dryer? :shock:
Mom's not going to be happy with that idea !!
Alway's remember if Momma ain't Happy nobody's Happy !!!!
Bee-Bop