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Re:Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colo... by arm85 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @12:16PM (#23642339)
Some hives have enclosed floors. But modern hives, at least in the UK, now have a mesh floor. Which is there to reduce the numbers of a parasite, varroa. The mesh allows the parasite to fall out of the hive.
Re:Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colo... by DFHippie on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:31PM (#23646515)
It's been a couple years since I kept bees, but it's the same in the US: a mesh floor the better to shed the mites.