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Upper ventilation
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Richard Cryberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 1 Feb 2020 20:47:15 +0000
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"do you
observe that bees fill them with propolis?

I have seen about 2% of my hives fill in bottom entrances with propolis to the point only four or five bee sized openings were left.  The vast majority leave them wide open.  I have no bored holes in any of my current hives but did have such holes in the past.  I never saw a single one filled in with propolis.  On the other hand I had a mouse eat a major hole above the frame rest on the top super under the lip of the telescoping lid.  By the time I caught it the hole was about three inches long and 1/2 inch + tall.  The bees were stuffing it full of propolis as fast as the mouse was enlarging it.

Dick

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