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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2015, 08:03:09 pm »
Use on strong hives, put on a weak colony and you could start robbing. The same effect can be achieved by shifting the supers ahead to leave a bee entrance or by putting a stick or small rocks so it tilts the supers leaving a bee space entrance. I have done this on strong hives in the past when I come across them. I find it easier to use a piece of stick or rocks rather than carry extra equipment.
Those entrances work well and are good when doing stacked 2 queen hives for the top queen and brood nest.
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