Bee hive entrance - combat Small Hive Beetles

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I designed and printed "bottom entrance" to help the fight against Small Hive Beetles. What these entrances do, is change the direction that bees enter the hive. SHB can not hover as we know. They can not land on the normal landing board and crawl into the hive. So with these entrances, they can not get in the normal way. Also, the edges of this entrance is very thin (tapered). And SHB can not walk (180°) around sharp/thin edges like bees do. Their bodies are too stiff. So if they do manage to get to the edge, and try crawl into the hive, they loose grip and fall off onto the ground. The rotation I found best to print it is standing upright with the curved part on the bed.