Hi Anne,

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Yes Anne, With the acrylic inner cover there is no top ventilation just as there is on ventilation on top with the BetterBee Polynuc, which is why I am trialing my design of my hand made Polynuc. I am hoping that the screened bottom will prevent what I think is poor ventilation and poor moisture drainage with the BetterBee Polynuc. In the spring when I examined the BetterBee Polynuc I found a pool of water in the bottom of the nuc, I did not like this. After three years Trialing the BetterBee Polynuc I was Finally successful wintering 2/3rds of my nucs after feeding liberally, but still there was pooling and wet dead bees in the bottom. I am just trying this out to see if it can make a difference or if it might hurt results. If it helps I will advance my wintering success to a point where wintering bees in Alaska will be a viable option to those who kill there bees in the fall instead of planning to winter them. I am primarily working to advance beekeeping to a point of being more sustainable in Alaska for our small but lucrative industry. 

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
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