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Title: Slatted bottom racks
Post by: beejack1 on December 31, 2016, 08:21:51 pm

Hello all and a happy new year to everyone here. I am new to beekeeping and plan on starting this spring. I am planning on going to top entrances and was wondering if a slatted bottom rack would work with these entrances. Thank you for the site and for accepting me.

Title: Re: Slatted bottom racks
Post by: gww on December 31, 2016, 11:13:14 pm

beej...
First let me say I am new and not very experianced.  I do have slatted racks on my hives.  I can not see you gaining the benifit of using them with a top only entrance.  If you keep your bottom entrance also you would get the benifit which as I understand it is to stop draft at the entrance and and allow brood to be able to be layed closer to the bottom.  You also gain a staging area for extra bees to hang out.  This is my two cents and aslo my welcome to you.  There are lots smarter people on bees here then me.
Cheers
gww

Title: Re: Slatted bottom racks
Post by: BeeMaster2 on January 01, 2017, 01:44:47 am

Beejack,
Welcome to BeeMaster.
Jim

Title: Re: Slatted bottom racks
Post by: Rurification on January 01, 2017, 11:51:25 am

Welcome to the forum!   

I thought the purpose of slatted racks at the bottom was to give bearding bees a place to go away from the brood, but still within the hive.   You'd need a bottom entrance for that.    And it seems that if it's hot enough for them to be bearding, it wouldn't hurt to have both an upper and lower entrance.

Title: Re: Slatted bottom racks
Post by: GSF on January 02, 2017, 06:25:52 am

Welcome