Why use entrance reducers?
 They R extra cost and extra work.
 In 35 years of consecutive b-keeping,
 I have NEVER used any.
 I run the shallow (shallow) side of
 the bottom board up (up) year round,
 NEVER the deep side, despite what
 the books and soit-disant experts
 say about the necessity of "adequate
 ventilation." Suum cuique.
 
 Jack the B-man
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John Iannuzzi PhD            | There is some soul of goodness
9772 Old Annapolis Rd        | in things evil... Thus bees do
Ellicott City (founded 1772) | gather honey from the weed.
Maryland usa 21042           |  --Apologies to the BardofAvon
Hobbyist w/ 19 colonies2many | 21 Italian hives (25sep951945)
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