>> Did you have them right side up? (triangle down) :) > > >On recomendation from one of our local club members, I tried >these...GREAT UNITS! He also suggested putting a medium box under the >escapes, to give the bees room to cluster and draw them off the supers >quicker. Pulled off all the supers after a couple of days and not a bee >in any. > >Downside is of course the two lifting exercises you get... > >Regards - Scott > >Ps- I also had one plug up with "confused" bees. Bring your fume pads >and bee-go... Yeah, this time I put an empty medium under each escape board, with only two full supers above it. The hives are really populous -- there were large clusters of bees in between the inner and outer covers on all colonies. And they weren't particularly happy, either -- I guess the boss caught them loafing. I'll go back in a couple of days and hope to see that the bees have all made it out of the supers. Thanks Scott. PS- I also covered the inner cover holes and taped any possible entries (cracks) in the supers. So they weren't getting in from outside. Usually I do have good success with these boards, except when there is a bit of brood somewhere hidden in a super. Later...