Richard,
 
Problem with an entrance above the queen excluder is that bees will bring
in pollen and store it in combs meant for honey only.  How will they carry
this pollen down thru the excluder to feed the brood?
 
I also find that wax moths will attack a frame with pollen in it but not a
honey frame.
 
Pollen in the honey supers may be OK if you want to have lots of pollen
particles in your extracted honey to help desensitize people in your area
from allergens.  There is truth to the idea of getting honey from a local
beekeeper to fight allergies.
 
 
Paul Cronshaw DC
Santa Barbara,  CA USA
 
Date:    Fri, 23 May 1997 08:31:40 -0500
From:    RICHARD BARNES <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Can bees use two entrances??
 
I routinely use 2 entrances, one is the normal entrance on the bottom of the
hive and the second is in the first super above the queen excluder.  The
"super entrance" is a 3/4 inch hole and I put a small landing board below
the entrance.  The field bees seem to like the going straight to the super
and not having to fight the queen excluder.
 
Richard Barnes
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At 08:12 PM 5/22/97 -0600, you wrote:
>One of our hives has a space between the two supers and the bees are using
the space and the normal entrance to fly in and out.  Is this a problem?
Should we seal the space?
>
>Charles and Charley
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