Instructions of Queen excluder
Warning: if the hive has a queen excluderbetween the boxes, you must insert the hivetool along the walls near the super to avoiddamaging the excluder. Don't push the hivetool in on top of the excluder. A damagedexcluder is very difficult to repair.
-Repeat the procedures as for removing thelid.As you gently lift the excluder along itslength, gently puff smoke along the newlyexposed areas to force the bees away from you.
-remove the excluder and check both sidesfor the queen.
-If the queen is on the excluder, put herback into the brood chamber. Carefullyuse your fingers to pick her up by thethorax and place her on the top bar of aframe in the brood box OR gently bumpthe excluder on one of its long edges, infront of the hive, and jolt the queen ontothe ground. If she falls on the grass, pickher up and place her in, or at, the hiveentrance.
-Place the queen excluder on top of thehoney super beside the hive or lean theexcluder against the super beside the hive.
