Best way to record hives with robbing screens?

[wgstarks]

My local weather has been hot and dry and as a result I have had to put Bee Smart plastic robbing screens on all my hives. I am wondering if I can get a decent recording through the perforated face of the plastic robbing screen? I also have screened bottoms, perhaps it would be better to record from under the hive?

[DebC]

Couldn’t you remove the robbing screen for 60 seconds?

[wgstarks]

Couldn’t you remove the robbing screen for 60 seconds?

Sure but it would mean an extra hour or more of work to remove all the robbing screens and then re-install them. That's why I asked how to get the recordings without removing them.

[DebC]

Aren’t they held in place with push 4 pins? And how many hives are you talking about that it would take an hour?

[wgstarks]

I have about 25 right now. No push pins now. They’re hard to remove and tend to fall apart. I’m using staples for most of them.

i figure roughly 5 minutes each to remove the screen take the recording and re-install the screen.

I think I am not being clear with my question though. Am I getting decent/usable recordings with the screens on or should I stop taking the recordings while I have the screens installed?