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Joe wrote:
"I don’t believe I have ever had a queen exit in
this manner, -I suppose it is possible."
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"That’s a great idea using the queen excluder to let bees
Rob out, and I have used this technique. But will a
Queen fit thru a porter escape? ..Some claim drones
do not fit thru,,,so will queens?"
I've used this method about half a dozen times over several years and in every case the queen emerged from the wall and joined the bees in the box. Queens are slimmer than drones, only a metric smidgeon wider in the thorax than workers, and will probably, in these circumstances, have a slimmed-down abdomen also. I, too, have heard that drones will not fit through, which is the reason for having more than one escape; however, I have yet to find a trapped drone in a Porter escape.
Chris
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