From: Erik Osterlund <honeybee@elgon.se>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 18:06:30 +0200
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Mesh floors & insulated roofs

At 22.44 -0500 01-09-05, Micky Lee wrote:

>I am remembering that it was stated here, not to reduce entrances. My
>entrances are the full width of the hive, 19 mm high. The entrances are
>at the end of the frames [cold way?]. Is this best? Would it be better
>to have the entrances on the side? [warm way?]

I think it's better to reduce to a lower hight to prevent mice from
entering, I would say 8 mm if possible. With OMF you will get a lot of
ventilation anyway. Why not try both ways cold and warm. I use cold way
here in Sweden. For better ventilation, but with OMF that maybe doesn't
matter.

Erik