At 05:07 PM 7/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
>. One drawback I did see
>today was that I was losing a little pollen from the bees walking across the
>hardware cloth.
We discussed that last night at the Tidewater Beekeepers Association meeting.
Someone brought up the point that they were using 1/4 inch hardware cloth.
Our past president had also used the 1/4 inch, and he said that he noticed
that the bees would try to enter the hive through the hardware cloth, and would
lose some of their pollen. He said the ants under the hive were very happy,
though.
I'm planning on getting screened bottom boards, but I'll be using 1/8 inch HC
instead of the 1/4.
Joe