Queen Excluder For 10 Frame Hives

The queen excluder is a flat slotted piece that has slots big enough for the worker bees to pass through but not the queen bee. Beekeepers use the queen excluder to prevent the queen bee to go to the honey supers and lay eggs. This way the beekeeper can have frames filled only with honey. Each Apimaye beehive set already comes with a queen excluder.Outside Dimensions:Length: 19"5/8Width: 16"3/4  How to Use Queen Excluder When your colony has at least 2 boxes of honey and brood, it is time to add a honey super on top of your hive. Just pick up the top cover and the top feeder of your Apimaye hive Place the queen excluder on top of the deep super Put the 3rd or 4th box (either deep super, or medium super) on top. Make sure you use the bottom slot for the latch when using the excluder. Put the top feeder and hive cover back on Alternative Uses The queen excluder can be used to prevent swarming if you find your bees ready to take off. Bees need their space. A queen bee