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How To Trapout Honeybees Sometimes you have a situation where doing a cutout (removing bees and comb) isn’t practical because of the location of the hive. Maybe you have a business and can’t afford to close for the amount of time it takes to remove a colony from the wall and make the repairs. You could also have a historic building or just don’t have the access. In these cases a trapout is going to be your best bet. Keep in mind that for the first few hours of a...

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The Queen Excluder

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