There are  numerous ways to use the UD Intrance with modern single-walled hives as well as the potential to adapt hive configuration.

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• Bees recruit 3x more foragers on empty or honeycomb (Tautz 1996)

• Decreased aggregation of guard bees in one site (lower entrance)

• Hive boxes can easily be moved around;

• decreased swarming due to congestion;

• healthier bees;

• multiple queens can be used;

• easier and improved method of Rose Hive type beekeeping.

• standard floor not needed.