Every field season has a hive that keeps you up at night. This year it was TH-6. Coming into treatment, it carried one of the heaviest mite loads in the entire program, testing at 10.7 percent, well above the threshold where a colony is considered at serious risk.

We ran a single ThermaHive thermotherapy treatment. Afterward, the mite load dropped to 0.85 percent. To make sure the result was real and not a fluke of sampling, we confirmed it with two separate mite washes. Both came back in the same range.

And it is not just TH-6. Our latest mite washes have every hive we sampled sitting below the 3 percent threshold, from one colony testing at a clean 0 percent to our two most stubborn hives of the season, now down to 2.93 and 1.92 percent after running high earlier in the year. A few colonies are close enough to the line that we already have proactive follow-up treatments planned, but seeing an entire apiary under threshold, kept there without a single chemical, is the strongest whole-program signal we have had yet.

This past week we pulled honey from our ThermaHive colonies, and the harvest was a big one: roughly 250 pounds of honey across 101 frames. It is a great sign of strong, healthy colonies, and a pretty satisfying reward after a busy treatment season.

There is a quieter story in that harvest worth pointing out. Because ThermaHive is completely chemical-free, we did not have to time our mite treatments around the honey flow or worry about pulling supers before applying anything. No chemical residues, no label-mandated waiting periods, no question of whether a treatment might taint the honey. When the frames were ready, we simply pulled them. That freedom, treat when the bees need it and harvest when the honey is ready, is one of the everyday advantages of heat over chemicals that is easy to overlook.

This is the announcement we have been building toward all year. Pre-orders for the ThermaHive V2 are now open. V2 is a ground-up redesign built around one idea: precision heat treatment that scales across your whole apiary. It is more mobile, more affordable to expand, and fully wireless, so a single controller can run and monitor treatments across many hives.

A quick, honest note on pricing: the pre-order price may still shift as we finalize manufacturing and component costs. We would rather be upfront about that than lock in a number we are not confident in. Anyone who pre-orders will be kept in the loop as pricing firms up, and there is no obligation locked in before you have the final details.

What is new in V2:

V2 keeps everything that makes ThermaHive work, from its self-regulating 500W PTC heater and sunlight-readable display to its glove-friendly controls and IP65 weatherproof enclosure. It runs from a standard 110V outlet, and can be paired with a compatible solar-battery setup for off-grid yards.

Our goal is to have V2 units ready for pickup at NAHBE 2027 in January, or ready to ship right around that same time for those who cannot attend in person. If you are planning to be at the expo, picking up your unit there is a great chance to meet the team and see the system firsthand.

We will share firm timing, final pricing, and pickup versus shipping details with pre-order holders as we get closer. Reserving now simply puts you at the front of the line.

Here is one more piece of news for our current V1 users. ThermaHive units are now compatible with BroodMinder’s hub and app, one of the most trusted names in digital hive monitoring. That means your ThermaHive treatments and hive data can live right alongside the monitoring tools many beekeepers already know and use.

One important detail on timing: BroodMinder has not yet released the updated version of their app to the public. The compatibility is built and working on our end, but it will not be usable for everyone until that public update goes live. We will notify you the moment it does, so there is nothing you need to do right now.