waggie
New Bee
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2011
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- Location
- Nottinghamshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
I am a bit confused. being unhappy with a flat roof for my national hive, I bought a gabled roof (flat pack) which came with a cone bee escape.
The bees are getting in and out of the bee escape!
I contacted where I bought the roof from and recieved this...
Cone escapes are primarily used in gabled roofs to allow bees to escape from the roof space or the cavity of a WBC hive if bees become trapped during inspections for instance.
From the roof space or cavity if the hive is assembled correctly there should not be access into the brood or supers.
The cone escape is not a one way escape like the Porter pattern and bees will find they can return as well as exit.
My hive is national - have they given me the wrong roof?
Any suggestions out there?
Waggs
The bees are getting in and out of the bee escape!
I contacted where I bought the roof from and recieved this...
Cone escapes are primarily used in gabled roofs to allow bees to escape from the roof space or the cavity of a WBC hive if bees become trapped during inspections for instance.
From the roof space or cavity if the hive is assembled correctly there should not be access into the brood or supers.
The cone escape is not a one way escape like the Porter pattern and bees will find they can return as well as exit.
My hive is national - have they given me the wrong roof?
Any suggestions out there?
Waggs