Peter Borst wrote:

> RE: finding the queen by straining the bees thru and excluder

I won the EAS gadget award for this in 1988 is South Hadley,
Massachusetts.

>
>
> I use this method a lot when re-queening. In fact, I have a dedicated
> super for it. It works better if the super is brand new. The bees
> tend to cling to to the sides of an old one, as it may have bits of
> comb or propolis on the inside.

Place a strip of duct tape along the inside top of your shaker box. That
seems to stop many of the bees that want to get out.  I wonder how
vaseline would work.

> Some
> hives go more easily than others, some seem to want to move up rather
> than down.

I find this especially true on hot humid days. On those days, work early
in the day.

                                                        Mike