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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: achunter on March 29, 2009, 02:41:37 pm

Title: super color
Post by: achunter on 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?

Title: Re: super color
Post by: iddee on 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.

Title: Re: super color
Post by: Brian D. Bray on 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.