>>Fully open mesh floors will allow you to reduce your entrance size to keep out the hornets.

You can also replace the inner cover with a screened rectangular frame and lift & rotate the telescoping cover some 15 deg.  This allows the bees to fan large volume of air through the hive w/o making them vulnerable to intruders larger the mesh.

Waldemar

 

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