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CpnObvious
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Forgot to repair... is this a problem?
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I know it's common to have another egress on the hive... but being a new install is this going to be a problem? I meant to repair this super before using and forgot. This is the back of the only deep I have in place. I do have other deeps I can swap with, including the one on top covering the feed jar.
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Re: Forgot to repair... is this a problem?
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May 26, 2014, 09:02:34 pm »
If you don't care the bees don't care.
Just keep it in mind when you do an inspection, might get it in the legs (nothing a piece of duct tape or grass wont take care of for a quick plug).
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A piece of duct tape works wonders.
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May 26, 2014, 09:11:47 pm »
the old school fix for that is a bit of mud. The bees propolise the inside and it becomes permanent.
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May 26, 2014, 09:12:12 pm »
the bees will do their best to propolize it shut from the inside......you can plug it from the outside as g or slow has suggested. but once it's lifted, it will break the propolization free and the bees go to work to shut it again......
or mud....
pete and i were replying at the same time.....anything works.
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