DIY Entrance Block

[SteveJ]

One of my fathers hives has completely filled the entrance gap to the hive with propolis / wax with about 16 small holes for the bees to pass through. Effectively they have made their own entrance block. Has anyone seem this sort of behavior before?

SteveJ

 

[victor meldrew]

Carniolans are past masters at this !

John Wilkinson

 

[SixFooter]

I collected a cast in June and put them in a nuc with a 1" hole. They reduced it to a single bee sized hole, but they have made it slightly bigger recently.
Praps the cast is Carniolans.

 

[BDaddy]

I very much doubt that they will be carniolans. One of their notable characteristics is that they have a much lower propensity for propolising everything in sight than do other types. If there are carniolan characteristics in them they are in all probablitiy crosses.

Regards
BD

 

[oliver90owner]

Just as a thought, is there a simple reason for this like the dony't like te top ventilation and cannot close the top off?

Regards, RAB