thatcryptochick
New Bee
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2021
- Messages
- 29
- Reaction score
- 14
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6
Hi.
I’m considering converting my shop bought National hive floors to underfloor entrances, as per Laurence BMH instructional YouTube.
My question is, and apologies if this has been covered previously but I did do a thread search and couldn’t find a great deal, is it worth the effort?
The advantages I can glean so far are that it’s harder for the wasps to get in, reduces draughts and acts as a mouse guard but are they actually effective in doing those things?
I know that opinions will likely be divided, as with most things bee-related, but if the under floor entrances really are a lot better, why do they not come as standard on hives, instead of the regular entrances.
Thanks in advance!![Slightly smiling face :slight_smile: 🙂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
I’m considering converting my shop bought National hive floors to underfloor entrances, as per Laurence BMH instructional YouTube.
My question is, and apologies if this has been covered previously but I did do a thread search and couldn’t find a great deal, is it worth the effort?
The advantages I can glean so far are that it’s harder for the wasps to get in, reduces draughts and acts as a mouse guard but are they actually effective in doing those things?
I know that opinions will likely be divided, as with most things bee-related, but if the under floor entrances really are a lot better, why do they not come as standard on hives, instead of the regular entrances.
Thanks in advance!
![Slightly smiling face :slight_smile: 🙂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)