Provide optimal winter protection by converting your Top Bar Hive into a condensing hive!
Your colony is now safe from frigid winters with the combination of our R-32 Top Crown Panel and our R-8 custom cut, high-density foam board wrap which fits tightly around your hive.
The dimensions are made to fit the Bee Mindful Top Bar Hive, per the free, easy DIY plans at www.Bee-Mindful.com/plans (step by step instructions to build your own DIY Top Bar Hive)
Kit includes:
Top protection: 1 Crown Panel
Side protection: 2 foam boards on each side. A section of the side board will need to be cut to accommodate for the bee entrance.
Bottom protection: 2 foam boards to cover the bottom of the hive
End protection: 2 foam boards to be placed within the hive adjacent to the follower board
6 fender washers and screws for affixing the foam boards to the sides of the hive
Two small rolls of Tyvek to tape around the seams by the frames
Additional Crown panels can be purchased separately under the 10 FRAME CROWN option on the Hive Hugger website at www.HiveHugger.com