Hello All,

 >Do the
> > bees really need a landing board on the hive?

Landing boards really should be called spacer boards on Langstoth hives.
They are mainly for spacing entrances apart when huge numbers are moved on
trucks. Without the spacing hives would be pushed against each other
without space for ventilation and clustering under the bee net.

Bees do not need a landing board nor do they seek a landing space out when
looking for a home in nature. Bees do seem to prefer more than one entrance/
exit  in nature.


Africanized bees fly into the entrance without touching the landing board
most of the time.

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison