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PUR IS THE BEES KNEES (Oct 2006)

Spanish company Termos La Campera has found a solution to increase honey production - to make beehives of polyurethane. The insulation keeps beehives at a constant temperature and therefore bees do not have to flutter their wings in order to cool hives down in summertime, better using this time to produce honey or procreate instead. Beekeepers from the Andalucía region have been the first to try these beehives as an experiment and they have shown good results. In addition to a 50% increase in honey production, swarms became more numerous too due to the increase in bees procreation.