5/10 Pack Beehive Entrance Reducer 8 Frame bee Hives Mouse Entrance Guard Adjustable bee hive mice Guards Beekeeping Beekeeper Tools

These mouse guards are very easy to install and will fit an eight or ten frame hive. Very impressed.

I cut some of the tines out so I could slip an external feeder onto the hive on warm winter days and then closed the slides to keep out pests after I removed the feeder. I had been using metal mouse guards, but once they are on for the winter, I don't want to take them off until spring.

This entrance reducer did the job as expected however there is a slight gap between the yellow plastic extender and the opening of my beehive. To be determined if this will create any issues but I anticipate the reducer will still keep out mice while also reducing risk of robbing.I’m satisfied with the reducer, especially with cost in mind. overall this was a good value for the product. It was easy to attach to the beehive and no instructions necessary.

They aren’t quite as long as they need to be, but a couple little wedges of wood will fix that right up

when bee hive are added to entry way they need to be lifted a little of the bees can not get through

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Most of my hives are in an east-west configuration in an apiary that gets little to no shade, so the entrances get the blazing afternoon heat. This is why I really don't like to use metal mouse guards/robber screens.That said, 8-frame woodenware is notoriously wonky size-wise. I've learned if you buy from one bee vendor you'd better stick with them because when you intermingle equipment things just aren't gonna fit right. I use a lot of hive staples and shims, but the bees don't seem to really care.Case in point, these entrance reducers are either too big or too small for my 8-frame boxes. I use screened bottom boards and slatted racks so I can adjust the ventilation, and as you can see in the pics, some need of these guards need shims and some need the wood to be shaved off to fit.The good news, as someone mentioned, is they're very easy to modify. I cut a few down to fit 5-frame nucs and have melted some together to fit 10-frame entrances. You can also choose to use one or multiple yellow closures as needed.They only thing I'm concerned about is longevity. So, just like everything else in beekeeping, there are pros and cons. Metal mouse guards will last forever but have rough edges and get insanely hot in 115°F summer sun. The plastic ones are smooth, but will probably get brittle at some point so I anticipate having to replace them annually. Hopefully they'll last a summer; we'll see.

I bought these reducers to replace faded on sun older and they do a job as should be.