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I'm good with lining my home with honey bees as my insulation, just gotta get some removable racks and a water tube for proper bee keeping.
I wonder if that would be up to code. What is the r-value of a bee box filled with bees and honey? Also, the consequences for punching a hole in the wall are now immediate and serious.
That's a great question, all I can find is information on the R-value required for insulation around the hive to keep the bees nice and warm in the winter. Clearly more research must be done!
The promising yet under researched field apia-human housing.
This just getting better and better. Say less lol
Don't bees actually generate heat? They can like cook invading wasps to death.
I have heard that but the ones that live in my parents walls die en masse in the winter and it rarely gets below 50F. So I don't know if that's life cycle or cold?
Maybe they can tolerate heat but are weak to cold. Summon the apiarists!
That's what this whole convo needs. Apiarists and structural engineers.