This is a queen excluder, placed between the brood box and honey super. It lets worker bees through but keeps the queen out, so your honey stays free of baby bees #beekeeper #beekeeping #beehive #bees #honey #queen #queenbee | Bowser Bee

Removing the queen excluder from my hives. This grid is used during spring and summer to keep the queen from laying eggs in the top boxes where the bees store their surplus honey (the honey I get to harvest) But now that winter’s almost here and there are no more flowers blooming, the bees aren’t bringing in nectar anymore. So the honey supers are off, and the queen excluder can be removed. #beekeeper #honeyharvest #honey #beekeeping #bees #pollinators #queenbee | Bowser Bee

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