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PARTS OF THE HIVE
At the base of the bottom deep was a platform called a
bottom board
. This solid
piece of wood had three edges for the bottom deep to sit on. Serving as the base of the
hive, the bottom board, which stuck out a few inches from the rest of the hive, would
also be an entrance or landing pad for the bees. (Later, I would learn about screened-
bottom boards that could be used for Varroa mite control.) The
entrance reducer
was
a long, thin piece of wood with different-sized holes, and it sat at the entrance on the
bottom board. It would control the size of the entrance, where the bees would go in and
out,andhelpregulateventilationinsidethehiveduringvariousseasons.The
feeder box
sat between the deeps and the inner cover. My feeder box was a wooden tray that held
the sugar syrup for feeding my bees. At one end there was a screened area for bees to
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