Fecha de publicación: 13/12/1983 Fuente: WIPO "hive" A honey drying ventilator for beehives is intended for installation on the top-most honey super of the beehive, and is a frame which fits above the top most super and has an opening in one of the front, back or side members thereof. Preferably, the opening faces in the same direction as the bottom bee entrance of the beehive. A closure element which covers the opening is closed below a predetermined temperature, and opens to an increasing amount above that predetermined temperature. The closure element has a bi-metallic element or strip which is secured at one end to the frame member near the opening. Screens may be placed behind or in front of the opening to preclude accidental ingress or egress of bees through it; and the element may be protected from above by an air impervious member so as to preclude the chance of propylis being placed above the closure element which might melt and drip onto the closure element at elevated temperatures.