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Re: Wrapping Styrofoam Hives
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Dick Allen <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:35:05 -0400
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>I think you will find that bees will always dig into expanded polystyrene
in the hive

A strip of duct tape over all inside edges of the hive seems to stop bees
from doing this. As someone on this list mentioned a short while back: duct
tape–the beekeepers friend.

Regards,
Dick Allen

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