Hi,
So far, so good, or so it seems. I hived the bees on the 28th. I put an entrance reducer on the hives to the small opening. From what I had read it's purpose is to keep the opening easier for the bees to guard until they build up their numbers. I was wondering when to kick it up to the next opening, or remove altogether. I looked through some old posts. One thing I didn't think about was temperature. I guess a larger opening would make it more comfortable for the bees.
At the present time, there are no traffic jams at the hive openings, and the bees do not seem distressed. While we had couple of hot days, it's been cooled off for a while. I was going to wait until I saw lots of bees vying to get in or out, but it it gets hot again, I'm thinking I should just take it out. What do you think?
Thanks,
Mike
So far, so good, or so it seems. I hived the bees on the 28th. I put an entrance reducer on the hives to the small opening. From what I had read it's purpose is to keep the opening easier for the bees to guard until they build up their numbers. I was wondering when to kick it up to the next opening, or remove altogether. I looked through some old posts. One thing I didn't think about was temperature. I guess a larger opening would make it more comfortable for the bees.
At the present time, there are no traffic jams at the hive openings, and the bees do not seem distressed. While we had couple of hot days, it's been cooled off for a while. I was going to wait until I saw lots of bees vying to get in or out, but it it gets hot again, I'm thinking I should just take it out. What do you think?
Thanks,
Mike