Why do you choose stainless steel wire mesh as queen excluder?

The magic of bees is not that they can make honey, but that the parts of the bee colony are strictly defined and their high degree of socialization is breathtaking. Some scholars even believe that a bee colony should be regarded as a super biological entity. Among this colony, the role of the queen bee in the colony is to lay eggs and reproduce offspring. In order to make the quality of honey better, a queen bee excluder is needed.

The typical queen excluder is a sheet of metal or plastic perforated to allow worker bees through it. Something like the wire gird can also be used. It’s kind of a barrier that also stops the queen bee from entering into the honey storage in the bee hive. This sheet or grid is enclosed in a frame to keep its edges safe for bees and handling by the beekeeper. What’s more important, it stops the queen from reaching honey super boxes and laying eggs here. Therefore, It is very useful for beekeepers as they can harvest clean honey without eggs or bee brood, which is very necessary for the honey that is sold for human consumption.

To reach the high effect of the bee excluder, the important thing about queen

excluders is their mesh size. A queen bee’s thorax and abdomen are larger than all other bees in the hive. And any mesh opening of 4.1mm to 4.2 mm is enough for most worker bees to go through. So we offer the sheet made of stainless steel wire mesh and the specification is as below: mesh count of 5, wire diameter is 0.9 mm and the opening is 4.18mm. This specification can totally achieve the effect that beekeepers want. In addition, stainless steel wire mesh also has good corrosion resistance and can be used in relatively harsh environments. Thus, it has a longer service life than other materials. Moreover, the stainless steel wire mesh is food grade, so it is safe to used in food industry like the honey.

So if any demand, feel free to contact us. MAISHI is always your best partner of mesh.