Do Beehives Need a Landing Board? 🐝 The Answer Will Not Shock You!

🐝 Do Beehives Really Need a Landing Board? 🤔

One of our Discord members asked if a landing board is necessary for bees returning to the hive. In this quick video, I show different hive setups—including one with a classic Brushy Mountain Hive Base—and explain whether landing boards actually make a difference.

🔹 What’s Inside This Video?
✅ Do landing boards help bees?
✅ Are they necessary for your hive?
✅ What do bees do if there’s no landing board?
✅ Examples of different hive setups

🐝 Why Watch This?
✔️ If you’re setting up a new hive and wondering what’s needed
✔️ To learn how bees naturally adapt to entrances
✔️ To see different hive bases in action

💬 What’s your experience? Do your bees use the landing board, or do they fly straight in? Drop a comment below! 👇

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