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>> Did you have them right side up? (triangle down) :)
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>On recomendation from one of our local club members, I tried
>these...GREAT UNITS! He also suggested putting a medium box under the
>escapes, to give the bees room to cluster and draw them off the supers
>quicker. Pulled off all the supers after a couple of days and not a bee
>in any.
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>Downside is of course the two lifting exercises you get...
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>Regards - Scott
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>Ps- I also had one plug up with "confused" bees. Bring your fume pads
>and bee-go...
Yeah, this time I put an empty medium under each escape board, with only
two full supers above it. The hives are really populous -- there were
large clusters of bees in between the inner and outer covers on all
colonies. And they weren't particularly happy, either -- I guess the boss
caught them loafing. I'll go back in a couple of days and hope to see that
the bees have all made it out of the supers. Thanks Scott.
PS- I also covered the inner cover holes and taped any possible entries
(cracks) in the supers. So they weren't getting in from outside. Usually
I do have good success with these boards, except when there is a bit of
brood somewhere hidden in a super. Later...
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