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 #1954  by MickBBKA
 17 Feb 2019, 02:43
Chrisbarlow wrote:
11 Feb 2019, 20:50
I wonder if the fanning was to evaporate of water from the nectar and not to cool the hive ie change moisture laden air for dry air. So the bees want the hive hot and humid and adding extra ventilation went against there plans.
That is a very good point and TBH not one I had considered.
 #1964  by Chrisbarlow
 17 Feb 2019, 07:40
MickBBKA wrote:
17 Feb 2019, 02:43
That is a very good point and TBH not one I had considered.
It's something suggested by Derek Mitchell about high humidity in hives on one of his paper.