Can she get out???

[Parke County Queen]

I was putting some triangle escape boards on this evening. The girls were mad cause it's not too nice out, getting late & I had just powder sugared them. Just as I was putting the supers back on I noticed the queen. What is she doing up there? Can she get through the triangle escape? Should I take it off?

I never sugar the supers. Not sure if that would be considered adulterated honey if I did. I know I miss some bees by doing it that way. What do others do?

[Parke County Queen]

Anyone have any ideas?

[Ravenseye]

I don't know if the queen can get out through the escape, but why not open things back up, find the queen and get her where you want her to be before you put the escape back on?

I primarily powder the hive bodies unless I have a fully capped super that has a bunch of bees on it. I figure that the more bees that I "ghost", the better off I'll be. I don't worry too much about how it affects the honey, especially on a capped super. Usually, by the time I've sugared two boxes, the girls are really working hard convincing me to go away.

[Parke County Queen]

I think that is what I will do. I don't get home from work until 6:30, but that is the only time I can do it and the girls get pretty aggravated by the time I am done. I am glad to see that queen though. I thought they had superceded her. Thanks for the advice.

[Michael Bush]

>Just as I was putting the supers back on I noticed the queen. What is she doing up there?

She wanders throughout the hive. She just spends MOST of her time in the brood nest.

>Can she get through the triangle escape?

Which way? She will probably not go through it to move down.

> Should I take it off?

I would put the queen where you want her. If you don't have one, buy a hair clip queen catcher. In the meantime, if you're afraid to catch her with your fingers, you can just move the frame she's on down to the brood nest for a little while until she gets off of the frame.

[BjornBee]

Do drones go through bee escapes? Maybe that would answer your question about a queen. ;)