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Bee Cozy winter wraps have shielded Honey bees from harsh Canadian winters for over 25 years. These easy to use – slip-on, slip-off – UV treated polypropylene wraps contain environmentally friendly R8 fiberglass, just the insulating layer your bees need to winter successfully. The Bee Cozy protects your hives from freezing winter temperatures and provides a windbreak for breezy locations. Slip the Bee Cozy on your bee hives in late fall to prevent unnecessary heat loss and conserve feed stores.  Your bees will brood up faster, so you can split earlier in the spring and be ready for the honey flow. The Bee Cozy helps beekeepers to ‘wrap up’ overwintering and move into spring with stronger, healthier brood and bees!

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Looking for an overwintering solution for your bees?

Protective

Supports the bees through the cold winters & helps maintain ambient temperatures.

Efficient

Save valuable time with our slip on, slip off method!

Affordable

With a long life expectancy, annual costs are minimal.

The Bee Cozy in Action

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Cozy's on the Roof of Toronto’s Fairmount Royal York Hotel

Wintering in Manitoba

Lance Waldner of Crystal Spring Colony in Manitoba shares his experiences!

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Exploring Shelter-Based Options for Over-wintering Honeybee Colonies in Northern Climates to Reduce Winter Loss

Bear Creek Organics completed a research study on the most popular wintering tactics used by beekeepers in the north to help protect honeybees from the extreme winter conditions. 

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Testimonials

The Bee Cozies are reusable year after year, so when you calculate it out, they are not prohibitively expensive, especially if it saves you from having to order more bees. I’ve gotten years out of mine so far, and I don’t see an issue going forward.

Dan

This method of wintering hives uses one insulated black wrap that goes over each hive individually. is has got to be the easiest way to winter hives in that, it is very little work. In 4 easy steps the hive is ready for winter.

Lance

4/4 colonies in the Bee Cozy survived the winter and 0/3 unwrapped hives survived…the Bee Cozy is by far the best bang for buck of all of the treatments and would be an investment well worth making for the small scale beekeeper. It’s cheap insurance and requires no moving of live bee colonies, or additional infrastructure. And unlike the straw bales, it seems to insulate the sides without over-protecting the hives allowing natural behavioral patterns to maintain some normalcy.

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