Allies to the rescue

Due to the persistence of the invader bees, severe reinforcements were brought in, in the form of metal tape around all the tacky tape joins and a screw-on pvc cap for the hive entrance. Prior to screwing on the cap, Tom cleared all the resin and tacky tape from the hive entrance. He then made a bee-width hole in the cap, and filled this with the material from an earlier entrance that these bees had made. The plan is to leave the cap on for a few days to give the inhabitant bees a chance to better establish themselves, whilst hopefully the invader bees will go elsewhere.