Ok, so its gunna be 110 in the shade this weekend. Good news is I have removed a lot of stored honey, bad news is theres gunna be a lot more days over 100c here in the next coupla months.
I have the hive in a shaded place already. It gets a bit of sun that I could stop by simply placing a large flattened cardboard box on top of the hive, or a piece of plywood.
However I have this in my backyard, part of the roof is missing and it has a door soi there would be no problem with ventilation. I would have to shade that window in the front.
So do you think, given the high temps, it would be any good moving the hive into this? It looks shady in this pic, but it would get full sun. The hive in it would not. I guess I should get a couple of thermometers and do the maths ay?
I could move it onto the garage and leave the door ajar, it would not get over 30c ever in there. It has a concrete slab base, double brick walls and a lined insulated roof.
You can see the hive off to the left corner, its only 20ft from the hive.
Looking at the pic, I think I have answered my own question. It might be no cooler in there. Perhaps the garage is the go?
Appreciate your opinions.
PS as you can see I am on the otherside of the planet and things are very busy for the bees here atm and with my now full size colony its full on!