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joshrobs House Bee
Joined: 01 Jul 2019 Posts: 15 Location: Mid Wales
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Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:57 am Post subject: Reasons to NOT use periscope entrances? |
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Hi, me again. I'm reading Phil's "building a top-bar hive" book, the bit about periscope entrances, and he says it might be useful to have a regular entrance the bees can use during the first half of the season, before wasps become a problem. The book details the plus points of the periscope entrance, but doesn't really say anything about why you might not use it. So... why? |
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