Measuring the Variability and Humidity of Apis mellifera Honeybee Hives by the Effect of some Ventilation and Indoor Fires During the Autumn Season Using a New System

Abstract

Abstract This study was conducted in the Al-Hadid-Baquba/Diyala governorate during the months of September, October and November of 2021 to increase ventilation and reduce the humidity inside the bee colonies by the use of ventilation holes and the addition of waterers to increase the thermal balance inside the hive. 24 Beehives were used in the experiment and divided into eight treatments. T1 control treatment (beehives with no ventilation holes and without waterers ), T2: Beehives containing waterers, T3, T4 and T5 Beehives contain one, two, and three ventilation holes without waterers; T6, T7, and T8, contain one, two, and three ventilation holes with waterers, respectively. The statistical data obtained from the computer monitoring system showed that the treatments led to a highly significant decrease (P≤0.01) in the temperature and relative humidity recorded inside the beehives. The average temperature during The autumn was 37.50, 36.20, 34.44, 33.90, 33.45, 33.33, 33.49 and 33.96 ° C, while the humidity was 65.59, 67.96, 56.01, 56.23, 61.39, 52.39, 53.18 and 53.96% in treatments T1, T2, T3, T4, T6, T7 and T8 respectively.