Hello Everyone,
This is my second year as beek, Canadian to boot .... yesterday we were finally able to do a full hive inspection on our four hive. We've had a very tradional spring here that has lasted most of May, cooler at nite and cloudy, damp weather. All survived the winter well, one is alittle weaker than the others, but after yesterdays inspection I have no concerns. One hive had some die out on a couple of frames with old mouldly bees, but this is also one of the strongest hives too. Anyways, a friend of a friend was there to offer advice, he has had bees for 5yrs now. We reversed the hives at the same time and closed up the hives. My question is when I placed the inner cover back on, it was suggested that it should go on with the opening and tray (not the flush side) facing down into the hive. My inner covers are clearly stamped as "this side up" which shows the opening and tray facing upwards. Beekeeping for Dummies clearly illustrates the inner cover as I've indicated above, even has a picture of it that way. Just curious if I'm missing something here. Thanks