> > 5. I have n e v e r  used an entrance reducer in
> >   35 consecutive years of beekeeping.
>
> Around here, yellowjackets would do a real number on such a hive.
>
> -Mike
>
  REPLY: Tres` interessant. But where is "around here?" In the Free
  State?  Jack the B-man
   John Iannuzzi PhD            * "Singing masons building roofs
   9772 Old Annapolis Rd        *  of gold."       --Shakespeare
   Ellicott City MD 21042 usa   *  20 Italian colonies
   [log in to unmask]   *  3-1/2 decades in beedom