When I tried this, I got LOTS of robbing - the supers were regarded as
abandoned, while those on a full hive apparently were not.  I even tried
multiple escapes to stop the robbing, but nightfall was required to get the
supers back away from the bees.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mats Andersson

> Wouldn't it be better instead of the traditional escape boards on
> top of the
> hive to have an "escape bottom board" that is placed beside the hive(s) so
> the bees can walk or fly back to their hive. This would be even
> further from
> the queen (definitely out of feremone range), supers from more than one
> colony can be placed on one escape and you can pick up the supers without
> disturbing the colony.