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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13134" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>its great to see the history behind it. </p><p>its surprising how many commercial guys do use escape boards tho. it does cut down on robbing issues. not winding the bees up so much.</p><p>but missing brood is a common problem resulting in some really annoyed extraction staff.</p><p></p><p></p><p>this is where i see a bit of difference between beeks. the theory behind putting the escapes at the ends or corners is that the bees loose contact with the brood and then go around the outside trying to find their way back. this depends on if your working on the theory that the loss of brood smells is what drives them down, due to the hard cover. where as the mesh type bee escapes ignore that.</p><p></p><p>i use a few types. the porters are usually pretty good. the odd stuck bee in them, which is why you have multiple outlets per board. but they are easy to clear. stuck bees in some of the other types is a major problem to clear them.</p><p>plus porters, if the wires/leaf's are set correctly are the only true one way escape.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 13134, member: 30"] its great to see the history behind it. its surprising how many commercial guys do use escape boards tho. it does cut down on robbing issues. not winding the bees up so much. but missing brood is a common problem resulting in some really annoyed extraction staff. this is where i see a bit of difference between beeks. the theory behind putting the escapes at the ends or corners is that the bees loose contact with the brood and then go around the outside trying to find their way back. this depends on if your working on the theory that the loss of brood smells is what drives them down, due to the hard cover. where as the mesh type bee escapes ignore that. i use a few types. the porters are usually pretty good. the odd stuck bee in them, which is why you have multiple outlets per board. but they are easy to clear. stuck bees in some of the other types is a major problem to clear them. plus porters, if the wires/leaf's are set correctly are the only true one way escape. [/QUOTE]
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