Laurence Edwards shows how underfloor entrances work on beehives. The 8 mm gap stops mice, and mesh screens behind the opening keep out most wasps. Edwards credits a bee-forum contributor with the original idea and says the design is now standard among beekeepers.
Just in the middle of a manipulation here. Just thought I'd give you a quick glimpse of our underfloor entrances in action. So kind of always makes it a lot easier to see these in action. So as you can see, I mean, you've got the entrance underneath the floor there, so it's not kind of perpendicular to it or adjacent. It's completely underneath the actual brood box. You've got your 8mm gap There to kind of stop any ingress of mice. It's really, really easy for them to protect from wasps, although you still might get the odd wasp coming into it. And then you've got the mesh kind of behind. So I just want to give you a quick kind of update on the, the workings of our underfloor entrances. Nothing revolutionary, I mean, loads of people make these up. It's pretty standard design nowadays. I think they're really, really good. Got it from a guy on a bee forum, and he's done a great job designing this. So thanks very much for the, for the tip, and we will continue to use them because we think they're really good.
