bee escape

noun

noun

A panel having holes or mesh allowing bees to be removed from a hive before honey is harvested.

Bee escapes have a long history in bee removal. These are simply one-way doors—bees leave a honey super and can't return, or at least they can't return the same way they left.2009, Kim Flottum, The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook, page 67:

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