Awning For Beehive

Fits 8 and 10 frame langstroth hives.

Awning for beehive.

I noticed my hives had snow piling up on the landing boards and water was dripping into the hives. Reduces scope zone in which guard bees need to control the area. A solid colored garden awning is a versatile style that can be used year round while shades that have a print design are ideal for seasonal use. In winter the awning protects the landing board from snow and ice buildup maintaining ventilation and allowing bees to fly in flight weather.

The problem is the hive can cause damage to all the parts of your awning not to mention posing a danger to you. We have angled the awning to 10º to promote run off. Powder coated for extra durability and out door use. I realized i had the hives tilted the wrong way angling backwards so i.

Other beekeepers like tony bees in new york swear by holes drilled directly into the honey supers. It comes with 4 stainless steel screws. Side slots to allow natural bearding. It is a further object of the present invention to provide an awning device of a proportion to encompass a greater portion of the front entrance so that during early spring build up of the bee population when bees tend to beard up or cover the entire front outside portion of a hive for lack of space inside they may be protected from sudden spring showers.

But like most aspects of beekeeping it s impossible to make one rule for all locations. I converted to this method and drilled one inch holes in my honey supers which i then placed over a double queen hive. Fits both 8 10 langstroth hives. Portable awnings give you the option to move it around your deck but they typically won t provide as much shelter as a wall mounted awning.

Made of powder coated 18 gauge cold rolled steel includes four 4 stainless steel screws. Bees and other insects the cozy corners of your roof and an extended awning make an excellent place for a beehive. This enables the beekeeper to move the awning from the lower deep to the second deep in the spring without moving the screws. He gets huge quantities of honey by using these upper entrances combined with little landing pads for the foragers convenience.

For materials you can t go wrong with heavy duty polyester a very durable fabric you can count on when in doubt rain or shine. Big storm this weekend. Fyi we have two umbrellas on our patio which do the job but inevitably someone at the patio dining table is stuck in the sun. Our beehive awning is made of 18 gage cold rolled steel.

Powder coated steel construction 4 four stainless steel screws.