Nirakaro
New Bee
My three hives – like every hive design I've ever seen – have the entrance at or near the bottom. I've noticed though, that if I give the bees any hint of an entry near the top (whether deliberately or through poor quality control in the woodworking department), they'll use that almost exclusively, mostly ignoring the 'proper' entrance at the bottom.
The only explanations I can think of are –
The only explanations I can think of are –
- Beekeepers have good reasons to prefer bottom entrances, even though the bees don't.
- I've noticed something that generations of beekeepers and hive designers have failed to spot.
- Or I've just got some very eccentric bees.