SunnyRaes
House Bee
- Joined
- May 26, 2012
- Messages
- 195
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- Location
- Devon
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5 planned, in reality 7 + 1 nuc + 1 A/S into a commercial for a friend
Argh!
We put the swarm we collected yesterday into a new hive last night. Unfortunately it appears there might be a gap somewhere between the brood box and the floor, as all the bees appear to be entering and exiting out the back of the hive floor, and completely ignoring the nice entrance in the front!
Any suggestions as to how to get the bees entering and exiting through the entrance? We obviously need to lift the brood box and figure out how they can get out through the floor, but is this going to muck them up??
Any suggestions as to how to get the bees facing in the right direction, which is 180 degrees from the direction they're currently entering and exiting through?
We put the swarm we collected yesterday into a new hive last night. Unfortunately it appears there might be a gap somewhere between the brood box and the floor, as all the bees appear to be entering and exiting out the back of the hive floor, and completely ignoring the nice entrance in the front!
Any suggestions as to how to get the bees entering and exiting through the entrance? We obviously need to lift the brood box and figure out how they can get out through the floor, but is this going to muck them up??
Any suggestions as to how to get the bees facing in the right direction, which is 180 degrees from the direction they're currently entering and exiting through?