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Reasons to NOT use periscope entrances?

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joshrobs
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Joined: 01 Jul 2019
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Location: Mid Wales

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:57 am Post subject: Reasons to NOT use periscope entrances?

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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