The queens that were in the hives that shut up the
hive entrance, were they of a different breed than the
hives that behaved normally?  Someone told me that a
certain type of bee does that, though I have forgotten
which.

Carmenie


>
> While I have not tried screen bottoms, I have had
> hives propolise the entire
> slit between the lower hive and the floor closed.
> By that I mean the opening we
> had intended as an entrance.  This happened in the
> fall with a number of hives
> when we wintered with open entrances.  The vast
> majority of hives did not do
> this, however.
>
> allen
>
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