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The solar hive consists of the body where the colony develops and the upper part where the bees store honey.
The upper part of the hive has a hole for the collection of honey and in case it is necessary to install a feeder in case of bad weather during the flowering season.

How the solar hive works
First of all, it is recommended to have basic beekeeping equipment (protective clothing, smoker, brush, etc).
To start, the hive will put the brood chamber in an inverted position, we can use a large tile or a piece of wood as a base, etc.
The hive will be filled with a natural or artificial swarm.
The natural swarm should be caught in spring with some "swarm hunter" pasta.
For a good start, if necessary in case of little flowering we can feed the swarm through a feeder placed in the upper part of the brood chamber.
When the swarm has a full brood chamber and the hive is strong, we can turn over the brood chamber and put the supers on it.
If we do not want the hive to grow up, we can put an excluding grid.
The hive will be placed in a vertical position either buried in the ground or with a support, also an old cover of the wheel of a car serves to keep the hive in a vertical position.

The collection and extraction of honey.
When the lift is full of honey we can collect the honey, for this we must separate the lift from the body and shake the bees from the lift, we put the body in its original position with the base inverted and we put it back on the tile as at the beginning .
Honey can be extracted by inverting the supers and placing a bucket underneath and putting it in the sun, on top of the supers place a transparent plastic or glass.
With the rise exposed to the sun the temperature will rise rapidly and the honey will become more fluid and will fall into the bucket in no time.

Characteristics:

• Material: Clay
• Base diameter: 30cm.
• Base height: 30cm.
• Raise diameter: 30cm.
• Rise Height: 15cm.

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