Queen excluder
A grid sized to let workers pass and keep the queen out of the honey supers.
Beekeeping
Definition
The gaps are wide enough for a worker and too narrow for a queen's larger thorax, which keeps brood out of the honey. Opinions on it are divided: it keeps supers clean and it also slows workers down, and some beekeepers call it a honey excluder for that reason.
See also
Other beekeeping terms
Sources
Sources
- The Biology of the Honey Bee — Harvard University Press (1987) · Textbook
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