Comments on: Porter Bee Escape

By: Robert Storey

Robert Storey — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 20:22:22 +0000

Good clear information. Thanks

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:38:48 +0000

Very interesting article as I’m just new to beekeeping this summer. I find my crown board with Porter escapes in it the bees still get into the roof and are trapped open or closed I’ve no idea what I’m doing wrong there is a gap around both ends of the Porter but is it meant to have those

By: Gimlet

Gimlet — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:18:04 +0000

In reply to Rebecca Mundy. Great - that makes it all worth while!

By: Rebecca Mundy

Rebecca Mundy — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:02:58 +0000

As a beginner beekeeper I found this article very useful -thanks!

By: Gimlet

Gimlet — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:58:04 +0000

In reply to Elaine.

If it was me I’d be tempted to shake the rest out but if it’s too cold, it’s too cold and it’d do no harm to put in the queen excluder and try again later.
However, make sure your queen hasn’t got into the super!
Or been and laid in the super!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 05:36:00 +0000

Thankyou this is so helpful. I’ve been trying with limited success to move all my bees from an over wintered super moved to above the brood box to over it. There’s still lots of stores in the brood box and the colony is doing well so I wanted to remove the super which has a mixture of winter stores / inverted syrup so I am prepared for the spring honey flow. The porter bee escapes haven’t worked well. I can now see it might be down the brace comb under the super as I checked the springs. I’ve tried putting a rhombus escape on one of the holes in the crown board and this hasn’t worked either. Around 70% bees have cleared but I can now see that bees will be finding their way back up through the rhombus as it’s been on 36 hours. As the weather has turned and these bees may be stuck I think it’s best to quickly remove it replace the queen excluder and have another go when the weather is better. Do you agree? Thanks for your v helpful article