Entrance reduction
Anna installed these entrance reducers in all
three hives today. Without this you run the risk of a mouse making
its way into your hive and making a sweet feast of all that delicious
honey.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Mark it has been said if you can get a dime thickiness, then there is room for mice to fit. however I like the reduction, i do not think you will have to worry for mice invasion as the bees would show him a thing or two and send him back to Disney Land. if you worry about mice I would use small fencing/ like rat wire. hope to see honey in the summer. yea yea