Ceracell Beast Blocker Entrance Reducer - Protects Against Hornets, Wasps & Mice

Ceracell Beast Blocker® Entrance Reducer - Ultimate Hive Protection

Protect your colony from invaders with the innovative Beast Blocker® entrance reducer from Ceracell. This ingenious device trains your bees to exit through the top while blocking hornets, wasps, mice, robbing bees, and other predators from entering through the traditional entrance - all while maintaining excellent ventilation.

Complete Hive Protection:

• Stops Hornets & Wasps: Prevents these aggressive predators from sneaking in to steal honey and kill brood
• Blocks Robbing Bees: Stops robber bees from overwhelming your guard bees and stealing precious honey stores
• Excludes Mice: Keeps mice from moving in during fall and winter to eat honey, pollen, and beeswax
• Reduces Small Hive Beetle Access: Potential to limit SHB entry into the hive
• Minimizes Bee Drift: Reduces drift that can reintroduce varroa mites, making your treatments more effective
• Prevents Disease Spread: Minimizes drift that can introduce American Foulbrood (AFB) and European Foulbrood (EFB)
• Preserves Guard Bees: Stops predator invasions that result in guard bee deaths, maintaining colony strength

How the Beast Blocker® Works:

The Beast Blocker® uses an innovative design that trains your bees to make a 90° turn when exiting the hive, leaving by crawling up the front of the brood box instead of through the traditional entrance. Invaders still smell and hear the hive at the usual entrance location, but they cannot access the hive along the blocked front face. Meanwhile, your bees quickly adapt to the new exit route.

Key Benefits:

• Maintains Ventilation: Excellent front ventilation continues even with entrance blocked
• Easy Hive Closure: Effective way to close the entrance so no bees can leave while maintaining airflow
• Protects Weak Colonies: Especially valuable for small or weak colonies vulnerable to robbing
• Year-Round Use: Provides protection during critical periods like fall preparation and early spring
• Reduces Varroa Reintroduction: By minimizing drift, helps keep varroa treatments effective longer
• Preserves Colony Strength: Prevents guard bee losses from constant predator attacks
• Simple Installation: Easy to install and remove as needed

When to Use the Beast Blocker®:

• Fall Season: Protect against wasps, hornets, and mice as they seek winter shelter
• Weak Colonies: Shield vulnerable hives from robbing pressure
• After Splits: Protect newly split colonies while they build strength
• Nectar Dearth: Prevent robbing during periods when natural forage is scarce
• Hornet/Wasp Pressure: Deploy when hornets or wasps are actively targeting hives
• High Varroa Areas: Reduce mite reintroduction through drifting bees
• Disease Management: Minimize disease spread from neighboring colonies

Why Beekeepers Love the Beast Blocker®:

• Innovative solution to multiple hive threats simultaneously
• Bees adapt quickly to the new exit pattern
• Doesn't restrict airflow like traditional entrance reducers
• Protects against threats that traditional reducers can't stop
• Helps maintain treatment effectiveness by reducing varroa drift
• Prevents devastating losses from robbing and predation
• Easy to use - no complicated installation

Specifications:

• Product: Beast Blocker® Entrance Reducer
• Manufacturer: Ceracell
• Compatibility: Standard Langstroth hives
• Function: Entrance reducer and predator excluder
• Ventilation: Maintains excellent front ventilation
• Weight: 1 lb

Installation & Use:

1. Position the Beast Blocker® at the hive entrance according to manufacturer instructions
2. Bees will quickly learn to exit by crawling up the front of the hive
3. Monitor for a day or two to ensure bees are adapting properly
4. Leave in place as long as protection is needed
5. Remove when threat level decreases or colony needs full entrance access

Perfect For:

• Beekeepers dealing with hornet or wasp pressure
• Protecting weak or newly split colonies
• Fall hive preparation and mouse prevention
• Areas with high robbing pressure
• Beekeepers managing varroa mite levels
• Anyone wanting comprehensive hive entrance protection
• Preventing disease spread in apiaries

Advantages Over Traditional Entrance Reducers:

• Blocks larger predators that can fit through reduced entrances
• Maintains better ventilation than small entrance holes
• Prevents robbing more effectively than simple reducers
• Addresses multiple threats with one device
• Reduces varroa drift - a benefit traditional reducers don't provide

Protect your hive from invaders! Order your Ceracell Beast Blocker® Entrance Reducer today and give your colony the comprehensive protection it needs to thrive.