Full healthy queenright brood box but bees not in super

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We haven't used QXs for years.
There are often instances where the bees don't move up or down as we'd like! :D
 
This case has nothing to do with excluder
There are too few bees in the hive. And perhaps ventilation entrance is too big.

Better to look inside the brood box, and look what is there. In worst case varroa has reduced the colony. A normal queen can fill one brood box easily with brood. ... why the colony has not grew up during summer?

It is sure that bambo from China will not help. It is September now.


And I have not heard or read about a beekeeper, who has bamboo excluders. During my lifetime it has been used metal excluders. I
 
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At least Caddon should have checked them for quality. I have been impressed by the items bought from them.
Try them out for yourself, mine are mainly framed wire but would happily swap them as I've already said. My landlord has a few framed wire from thornes that we needed to change due to all the brace comb being built, I had nearly half a pound of honey from the comb we cut out of one hive. We replaced it with a bamboo excluder and all was fine. Same with the rest, they stopped making a mess.
 
I had nearly half a pound of honey from the comb we cut out of one hive.

Oh dear!
I try to get 200 pounds from hive. Without excluders or with bambu sticks.

You may take half pound honey with spoon from what ever comb.
 
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