« Reply #46 on: December 19, 2020, 02:24:36 pm »
Phil not the inner cover the top cover. It is turned upside down on the ground. As you take off boxes you stack them on the cover. This keeps the queen from getting lost on the ground. The inner cover is usually laid along side the bottom box (opposite the top cover) so the bees on it can go back in the hive.
This is my method also Brian. I use the top in the same manner. It also keeps grass an derbies off the edge of the boxes.
Phil if your hive is one or two boxes writing notes on the lid might work. But if it is 7 boxes I can't remember what's going on in which box by the time I retrieve the lid. If you are not selling bees or raising queens I really don't see the need for notes for a guy like me that doesn't open a hive just to see what is in it.
There has been some good stuff posted here on note taking. A very good topic that Bob has originated. I?m not suggesting you should or should not take notes. I simply answered the question explaining how I do it in post 37 .🐝
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