Mobile indoor climate-controlled apiaries, by HiveTech solutions. We wintered single deeps and nucs in one of these units in the winter of 2023/24 as part of a joint research experiment. For more information on MICA units please check out the website www.hivetechsolutions.com
This research was funded by a SARE Northeast grant
Loading of the climate controlled unit commenced on 11/7/23. The unit was unloaded on 4/6/24. Comparisons in food consumption through weight losses and spring population sizes against an outside control group were analyzied. We were one of four participants in this study.