Screened Bottom Board With Drawer

It helps reduce your varroa mite count offers better ventilation to your hive and can help increase brood production.

Screened bottom board with drawer.

This handy screen board is one that should be in every beekeeper s arsenal. 10 frame assembled painted screened bottom board comes with a pull out drawer that has a built in debris tray. Wax moth larvae fell to the floor of the hive through the screen and landed on the drawer. Wax moth larvae fell to the floor of the hive through the screen and landed on the drawer.

Count the number of. Solid bottom board screened bottom board. The slide out tray can help with pest monitoring and or trapping. It not only provides great ventilation for the hive but can also be used in your ipm integrated pest management practices to help determine the number of varroa mites that are in your colony.

The premise of this theory works like this. For us solid boards would probably help with the pest problem but we do still use screen bottom boards for ventilation and cleanliness purposes. The bottom board s design allows for ventilation but limits the potential for light to enter the hive as is typical for many screened bottom boards. Buy 5 for 24 95 ea.

I tend to be a diyer but find this bottom board to be worth the expense and the customer service was top notch. We usually associate the development of screened bottom boards with varroa mites but according to wyatt mangum 1 the screened bottom board with a removable drawer was first used in 1853 for the control of wax moths. The researchers reasoned that by replacing the solid wooden bottom board with a screened bottom board. Qualifies for free shipping on most orders over 100 frequently bought together.

I did change from lime dust to putting mineral oil instead just enough to cover the bottom is all you need and my shb problem is relatively solved as tons of them have fallen in. Add to wish list. The perfectbee store stocks both screened and solid bottom boards made with cedar which is an excellent insulator. The screened bottom board was first utilized widely by researchers who wanted to test various treatments for varroa mites.

The debris tray can be left dry to collect dirt and debris or it can be filled with cooking oil or petroleum jelly and used as a trap for beetles and mites. It is tricky business trying to develop a pesticide that will kill a mite living on a bee without also killing the bee. A screened bottom board is a great addition to any beehive. Ww 302 10 frame assembled telescoping cover with inner each 45 95.

We usually associate the development of screened bottom boards with varroa mites but according to wyatt mangum 1 the screened bottom board with a removable drawer was first used in 1853 for the control of wax moths. Remove the drawer to have a screened bottom board.