Takeover Wasps

[craigavonb]

Just had a bad day, discovered one hive has been blitz .How should I protect the other hives

 

[Davelin]

If you haven't already done so, reduce entrance size to 1cm or less.

 

[enrico]

Put a small piece of glass on the landing board resting against the hive at an angle in front of the entrance. It stops the wasps flying straight in at warp 10. The bees will soon get used to it. It worked for me last year!

 

[Karol]

If you haven't already done so, reduce entrance size to 1cm or less.

The critical thing is not the size of the entrance but the depth. A 1cm 'tall' entrance still only represents one rank of defending honeybees if wasps fly straight to the entrance. A 'deeper' entrance will allow for multiple ranks of defending honeybees. Hopes this makes sense.

 

[kazmcc]

The critical thing is not the size of the entrance but the depth. A 1cm 'tall' entrance still only represents one rank of defending honeybees if wasps fly straight to the entrance. A 'deeper' entrance will allow for multiple ranks of defending honeybees. Hopes this makes sense.

Hi Karol, so what dimensions would you suggest? A few bees wide but one bees height?

 

[oliver90owner]

Karol is referring to the depth of the entrance, not the size, per se. Think of a tunnel where the wasps have to pass by bees on either side. Running a gauntlet sort of thing.

Needs to be at least two bees high, so they can pounce from both sides and get on top as well. Safety in numbers.