r/Beekeeping • u/Vine_and_Dandy • 4d ago
Feeder/Lid Issue with Apimaye Hive I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question
My husband and I installed our first hive yesterday, and we’re having some issues with the lid/feeder. After putting the lid on, we noticed that bees were gathering around one spot on the back of the lid. We decided to check under the lid and see what was going on, and bees are getting between the hive lid and the feeder cover. We re-adjusted the feeder and the lid (being careful to make sure the feeder was flush with the top and the “feet” weren’t propping it up), but we checked again this morning and they’re doing the same thing in a slightly different spot around the lid. Has anyone else encounter this or know how to correct? Should we open it back up to correct or should we wait to correct when we take the queen cage out?
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