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I have 2 hives set up - these are nucs moved from 5 frame nuc boxes into 10 frame mediums.
Both hives have boardman feeders and I'd like to remove them now. Bare with me because I'm pretty sure all of this would only make sense to fellow Beeks.
My entrance reducers are on the largest opening, it's this one here from Mann Lake.
But my boardman feeders are in that opening meaning the actual opening into the hive is about 1.5 inches. Pretty small.
So, if I remove the feeders today...do I flip over the reducers so the bees have the small entrance? Or do I give them the full 4 inch opening without the feeder in the way? I don't have a robbing issue at the moment, but my nucs have only been here a week and half so I'm worried about too big of an opening being hard to defend.
Thanks for any help!
Both hives have boardman feeders and I'd like to remove them now. Bare with me because I'm pretty sure all of this would only make sense to fellow Beeks.
My entrance reducers are on the largest opening, it's this one here from Mann Lake.
But my boardman feeders are in that opening meaning the actual opening into the hive is about 1.5 inches. Pretty small.
So, if I remove the feeders today...do I flip over the reducers so the bees have the small entrance? Or do I give them the full 4 inch opening without the feeder in the way? I don't have a robbing issue at the moment, but my nucs have only been here a week and half so I'm worried about too big of an opening being hard to defend.
Thanks for any help!