Metal queen excluder with frame 463x482 mm DE

Queen Excluder DE – Metal 463 × 482 mm

Wire metal queen excluder measuring 463 × 482 mm is among the essential tools when working with supers. It helps keep the queen bee in the brood chamber and prevents her from moving into the honey super, which prevents the queen from laying brood in combs intended for extraction. The result is clearer colony management, easier honey harvesting, and clean honey combs without brood. Precisely calibrated gaps allow worker bees to pass through, while the queen and drones remain below the excluder.

Why Choose a Wire Metal Excluder

Wire metal excluders are popular among beekeepers mainly for their excellent passability. Compared to some plastic or pressed variants, they have smooth, rounded edges, so bees don't get abraded unnecessarily when passing through and are not stressed. In practice, this means smoother traffic between the brood chamber and honey super and fewer "congestions" during nectar flow. This is a proven type of excluder used especially in Germany – we recommend this variant from the trusted supplier Mellarius.

Proper Use in the Hive

For bee comfort, it is advisable not to place the excluder directly on the top bars of the frames, but to insert it into a frame or hive configuration so that the bee space is maintained. Bees can then move freely below and above the excluder, and work in the supers is smoother. It is also important to maintain the correct orientation: run the wires of the queen excluder parallel to the top bars of the frames, which further improves passability.

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