MandF
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2009
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- 1,207
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- Location
- London, UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Another nail firmly banged into the coffin of the 'gaping hole brigade' (mind you, the goal posts are moving slowly in the right direction) Used to be 'we were advised... by the local association to leave the (feed) holes open', but they have steadily closed up, somewhat, recently.
Ok, I am getting a bit fed up with this revisionist guff. I just found the very first thread on the subject I posted on, and this was my statement. All will see that it is perfectly reasonable and friendly, and I clearly state that we were taught the roof space is seen as outside the hive, therefore could be used to have comb cleaned up. I did not, and have not EVER said "we were advised to leave the feed holes open", as can be seen below, so, can you PLEASE stop reinventing history. Here is a link to the thread to see the response this elicited
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11912&page=3
Could it be their natural instinct is to first secure the hive against intruders?
We were taught at our local association that the bees see anything above the crown board as 'outside'.. due to the pheramone levels. They leave the holes open on all the hives there, and only temporarily cover them up when using apiguard, or if using porter escapes to clear a super of course.
So, the bees' natural instinct is to close these 2 additional entrances (so they think) to their hive, however it does offer some advantages in terms of ventilation/evaporation? I dont know, just a thought.
Also, if they are meant to be a solid board, then why arent they supplied with 2 blocks (like closed porter escapes), so it is solid until you want to use it as a clearing board and then swap in the porter escapes? Maybe there is a gap in the market there ;-)
Admin/Mark, could you please ask the poster to stop misquoting/sniping. Thank you.