bjosephd
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2014
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- Location
- North Somerset
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 3
I'm sure this could probably be thought of as some form of snelgrove boarding but...
As I was making up a new floor this week, and realised that it could also, if put upside down on the top of the hive, could work easily as a nice top entrance.
With a top only entrance I thought...
After they have been using the top entrance for some time I could just flip the top entrance board/roof around 180 degrees, bung a nun box on top facing the old direction, and basically bleed off all the flying bees.
I could either have a new (bought in or raised) laying queen in the nuc, or have the old queen in there, or a frame of eggs etc. Once I've bled off the flyers I can bung the nun in the car and plonk it some distance away nice and easily.
Anyway, there's many permutations of playing with this as a system, and I'm thought none of the above is new... but I'm interested in what ways of using a top entrance like this people have tried, or think might work.
A: for PREemptive swarm control
B: for REactive swarm control
(and what is a swarm prepping colonies reaction to a sudden loss of all the flying bees?)
Tin hat on...
Happy sunny days!! (here in North Somerset anyway, today)
Thanks
BJD
As I was making up a new floor this week, and realised that it could also, if put upside down on the top of the hive, could work easily as a nice top entrance.
With a top only entrance I thought...
After they have been using the top entrance for some time I could just flip the top entrance board/roof around 180 degrees, bung a nun box on top facing the old direction, and basically bleed off all the flying bees.
I could either have a new (bought in or raised) laying queen in the nuc, or have the old queen in there, or a frame of eggs etc. Once I've bled off the flyers I can bung the nun in the car and plonk it some distance away nice and easily.
Anyway, there's many permutations of playing with this as a system, and I'm thought none of the above is new... but I'm interested in what ways of using a top entrance like this people have tried, or think might work.
A: for PREemptive swarm control
B: for REactive swarm control
(and what is a swarm prepping colonies reaction to a sudden loss of all the flying bees?)
Tin hat on...
Happy sunny days!! (here in North Somerset anyway, today)
Thanks
BJD
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