oil-based paint

When painting the hive, is using a white latex-based exterior primer okay? There wouldn't be any overcoat.

My husband painted my hives with oil-based primer. After waiting a week I put one of these supers on top of the hive, above a queen excluder, and no bees in it after two weeks. The rest of the hive looks the same, except I think I'm seeing fewer bees coming and going, not sure about that though...