I'm reading about a hive which is the Jean-Marie Frèrès version of the Warré. One of its features is that above the top box there is a plastic mesh which acts as a cover board. The bees propolise this mesh. It is claimed that the water from the vapour that condenses on this mesh loads itself up with propolis and then drips down over the bees and so disinfects them and the rest of the hive: "it becomes difficult for a microbe to move in"
Could the water load itself with propolise?
Could it then act as a disinfectant keeping the hive free of microbes?
Wouldn’t the permanent dampness of the bees be bad for them?
I'd appreciate your comments please.
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