escape

Hi there good ol' BeeSource community, Looking to build an entrance reducer that would in fact close off the entrance to all bees within the hive, and let forager bees re-enter the hive as well. It would basically be an escape-board, but for the entrance of the hive. This is my idea so far...

I was working in my hive recently and I was able to confirm that they are in fact, Africanized after I got them from a rescue/removal service. In all fairness I did have to go into the hive three times with about two hour periods in between each visit. With each visit I got a noticeably greater...

I am a first year beekeeper ready to do my first honey harvest. I am in Western KY, and have a hive with 2 deep brood boxes, and 3 medium supers(2 are full the 3rd is about 50%) The plan is to harvest the 2 full supers and leave the 3rd on for the bees for summer. Any reason I should leave...