Hives foam

Hives foam (polyurethane) widely used in modern beekeeping.

They are easy to maintain, easy to clean, they are warm and light, but quite expensive.

The history of beekeeping there are two opposing categories hives, different materials, which they are made.

The first category is rooted deep in history.

This hives from natural materials: wooden logs and board, sapetky of twigs, straw, clay hut.

The second category – This hives synthetic material, such as polystyrene and polyurethane.

These materials were obtained by synthesis in the 70s of the twentieth century and widely used as insulation in building houses for the manufacture of furniture and manufacture of various functional parts in processing.

1. Application materials
2. Hives from foam
3. Features production

Application materials for the manufacture of beehives

Styrofoam (PPS) and polyurethane (PPU) due to its high density, resistance to many corrosive environments the environment, ease, low thermal conductivity are used for manufacture of beehives different designs.

Hives foam (Polyurethane) and PPP (polystyrene) it is not detrimental to humans and bees.

These hives are used for keeping bees in Germany (PPS), Finland (PPS), of Poland (PRP and PPP), Sweden (PPP and PRP) more than a third of the century.

Read: Polski hives "Lysonia": a photo, video.

Hives from foam

Price is high enough foam, as foam production plants in Ukraine can be counted on the fingers.

When thinking primitively, Without going into technology, you can simply describe the production of polyurethane: mixed two organic component, polyol and polyisocyanate, and the resulting chemical process a solid substance pinoobrazna.

Polyurethane foam is inert to acids and alkalis, organic solvents and other corrosive environments.

In the manufacture of polyurethane beehives in the formation of guarantee and no paint, but it is optional.

In general, they are easy and well painted different colors, even with solvents, not quarrel mice, birds can not damage them.

Due to the low thermal conductivity of polyurethane beehives retain heat well.

Again due to the low thermal conductivity hives, made of polyurethane, consumes less material, so they are very light.

Read: Beehive Prokopovich: a photo, video.

Features production of polyurethane beehives

• All the elements for beehives, made of polyurethane, Solid, as housing goes very durable and resistant, the operation is not swinging and not rozbovtuyetsya.
• For reliability connections, that there were no gaps, use rebate. This contributes to low propolisatsii between two buildings. When cleaning a rapid separation of propolis from the walls and bottom of the housing, and the material is not damaged.
• Gap between the housing provided for insertion tool in analyzing hive.
• All elements of the hive is very strong because of the high density foam – 140 kg / m3. Thanks to the properties of the material they can not apply the scope filling insert.

Read: Beehives own hands: drawing.

Beekeepers are just beginning to use bee keeping beehives on apiaries with foam, although they are successfully used overseas beekeepers for several decades.

Hives from foam light, durable and reliable in operation thanks largely to modern synthetic materials.