Recent content by VABeekeeper

Once again, I'm so grateful for all the input from each of you. I'm reading and rereading your comments. It's very helpful to hear your perspectives and have my own thoughts organized, confirmed, or challenged by yours.

Wow thank you so much for all the responses. I'm making my way through them and I'm seeing lots of great info, including actual calculations of the energy required. Awesome! Believe it or not, this is not much honey at all. Some honey packing operations that are still considered small go...

Ok, well I'll definitely look into the incandescent options. Yes, I was planning on using an inkbird controller I have laying around but may get something nicer. Also, any thoughts on using some kind of actual electric heater (infrared, oil filled radiator type, others?) and some fans to...

hey Dave, Thanks for the quick input. I'm definitely open to other types of lights. I am concerned about burning the place down with some of the other types of lights. Maybe LED is just as risky but my seat of the pants feeling was that it would be a little safer? I was thinking about fitting...

Hi physics lovers, I'm a beekeeper and I need all the brain power I can get on this problem. If anyone can offer some guidance or opinions, I'm all ears. I'm not a STEM guy. I've taken a few semesters worth of college STEM stuff (chem, physics, calculus, comp sci, does bio count? lol) but I'm...