The NHBA Winter Hive Survey (2017-2019) has listed moisture as one of the top 5 reasons for hive loss.  To understand more about this issue, NHBA is running a Winter Hive Moisture study to collect data to see if we can correlate management practices to moisture issues.  

 

You can participate :  

   - If you participated in last year's Winter hive survey and listed moisture as one of the reasons your hives died, you can let us know what led you to that conclusion.  Did you see mold?  water in the hive?, etc.

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   - By telling us details of how you are winterizing your hive, and in the spring, let us know if there are indications of moisture.

 

   - If you have an electronic hive monitoring system that measures temperature & humidity (and ideally weight, but that is optional),  you can contribute your data to the study. 

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