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Title: Robber Guards
Post by: mikecva on January 13, 2012, 01:19:09 PM

I heard at a club meeting about screens being used outside of the entrance to stop robbing. As said the 'home' bees could come out the side of the screen and thus be able to find the way back inside but robber bees could not find their way in. Does anyone have a picture of one of these screen guards or give a good description of how to make it and install it. -Mike

Title: Re: Robber Guards
Post by: iddee on January 13, 2012, 03:17:22 PM

Here is mine. Robber screen and moving screen.

http://www.beekeepingforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5294 (http://www.beekeepingforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5294)

Title: Re: Robber Guards
Post by: Michael Bush on January 14, 2012, 12:58:19 AM

Here is mine:
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmisc.htm#robberscreen (http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmisc.htm#robberscreen)

Title: Re: Robber Guards
Post by: alfred on January 14, 2012, 11:42:20 AM

Micheal,

How do you set those up with your top entrances? Could you show a picture?
Alfred

Title: Re: Robber Guards
Post by: CapnChkn on January 15, 2012, 03:31:59 PM

(http://www.captainchicken.com/pictures/robscreen.jpg)
(http://www.captainchicken.com/pictures/entrance.jpg)
(http://www.captainchicken.com/pictures/RobberScreen.jpg)

When I feel confident the robbing isn't going to happen, I can remove the block the bee entrance is cut into. That allows the full length of the entrance to be open.

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