KEEP WASPS OUT! Periscope entrance for a top bar hive
Channel: Phil Chandler: Barefoot Beekeeper
Date: 24/09/2020

This is an old video, re-uploaded from a channel I don't use any more. I have posted it here because the idea has proven itself over the intervening years, having been shown to be effective at keeping wasps (aka yellowjackets in the USA) out of hives, which I know is a problem faced by many beekeepers.

The idea could be adapted for other types of hive and may also be useful as an extra deterrent against the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), although they tend to take bees from outside the hive.


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