super color

Started by achunter, March 29, 2009, 02:41:37 PM

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achunter

March 29, 2009, 02:41:37 PM
does the color of you supers really matter?...i painted them all white last year but i have a color called "kiwi" that im never gonna use so i was thinking about painting my supers in this color, would that be alright?

iddee

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March 29, 2009, 02:51:09 PM
Think heat....Light colors reflect heat, keeping the hive cooler.  Dark colors absorb heat, keeping the hive warmer.
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

*Shel Silverstein*

Brian D. Bray

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March 29, 2009, 11:25:49 PM
The bees are not critical tenants, they really don't care what color, or combinations thereof, you paint their home.  They just what to know what the return address is.
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