# So, Time to Remove Entrance Reducer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Modifications & Building Bee Hives\ **Created:** [March 23, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928 "2016-03-23T23:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/1 "2016-03-23T23:32:25Z")
Apparently the girls think the the nifty entrance reducer I made has too small an entrance. Turn this video up. You can hear them gnawing away at it. Given this behavior, is it okay to remove it? ---
**Author:** ![adagna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/adagna/32/31728_2.png) [@adagna](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/adagna)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/2 "2016-03-24T00:53:08Z")
Maybe just make the gap wider. Clearly that’s what they are trying to do. But they may not be strong enough yet to deal with a full entrance ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/3 "2016-03-24T03:10:19Z")
They do look a little congested - great video, by the way! I agree with Adam, I would make the gap wider, perhaps 4 to 6 times wider - should still be easy for them to defend. ---
**Author:** ![jape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jape](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jape)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/4 "2016-03-24T03:33:20Z")
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**Author:** ![jape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jape](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jape)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/5 "2016-03-24T03:44:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/6 "2016-03-24T13:19:58Z")
> [@jape](#): > > too long each frame. With that speed brood catch e Jape, I think your last two posts wound up on the wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Bush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/michael_bush/32/1024_2.png) [@Michael\_Bush](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Michael_Bush)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/7 "2016-03-24T13:43:10Z")
That is in no way a traffic jam. Leave them alone until they are actually piling up at the entrance. Too small is always better than too large. ---
**Author:** ![jape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jape](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jape)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/8 "2016-03-24T13:52:57Z")
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**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/9 "2016-03-24T14:01:07Z")
> [@Michael\_Bush](#): > > That is in no way a traffic jam. Leave them alone until they are actually piling up at the entrance. Too small is always better than too large. Thank you. They sure are gnawing the heck out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Bush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/michael_bush/32/1024_2.png) [@Michael\_Bush](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Michael_Bush)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/10 "2016-03-24T14:40:35Z")
If it makes you feel better, you could enlarge it and then reduce it with cardboard that would be easier for them to chew… ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/so-time-to-remove-entrance-reducer/5928/11 "2016-03-24T15:22:32Z")
I’ll enlarge it just a little since they’re gnawing downward on the hive itself.