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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 13177" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Thanks that is good info. I have been putting the excluder on the outside of the entrance, never thought of that problem, so will see if I can figure out how to put it securely on the inside. Not sure if I have lost any queens to that, but I have lost queens so that is a possibility.</p><p></p><p>I too have had queens with clipped wings fly, surprising what a strong queen can do. But at least they do not go far. It can be a problem if they have not left the hive before so have not learned the location, which is normally the case with II queens.</p><p></p><p>At this time I am using mini nucs which is a 3/4 depth box divided into 4. Although it sounds simple I have already had to make several adjustments to them to sort out some problem or other, looks like maybe come winter I will empty the bees and do some kind of insert to easily exclude the entrance from the inside.</p><p></p><p>Appreciate your input BOQK <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite22" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 13177, member: 13"] Thanks that is good info. I have been putting the excluder on the outside of the entrance, never thought of that problem, so will see if I can figure out how to put it securely on the inside. Not sure if I have lost any queens to that, but I have lost queens so that is a possibility. I too have had queens with clipped wings fly, surprising what a strong queen can do. But at least they do not go far. It can be a problem if they have not left the hive before so have not learned the location, which is normally the case with II queens. At this time I am using mini nucs which is a 3/4 depth box divided into 4. Although it sounds simple I have already had to make several adjustments to them to sort out some problem or other, looks like maybe come winter I will empty the bees and do some kind of insert to easily exclude the entrance from the inside. Appreciate your input BOQK (y) [/QUOTE]
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