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Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: Yankee11 on March 04, 2015, 08:14:27 pm

Title: Getting ready for swarm season,
Post by: Yankee11 on March 04, 2015, 08:14:27 pm

Going through my videos and pictures from last summer. Getting pumped up for the spring. This was one of our swarm traps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzEeqRPZWYs&feature=youtu.be

Title: Re: Getting ready for swarm season,
Post by: iddee on March 04, 2015, 08:19:40 pm

With the comb oriented wrong, what would happen if you set it with the opening up and added 2 deeps with drawn comb on top? Would they, in 3 weeks, move everything up and leave the trap with clean, white comb?

Title: Re: Getting ready for swarm season,
Post by: Yankee11 on March 04, 2015, 08:28:57 pm

That was the plan, but as Lazy has said, without having any support, the comb had collapsed on the ride home so I had to cut out and put in frames.

I was going to do that and try to put a piece of plexiglass over the opening so people could look at it up close. But couldn't do it once home.

Title: Re: Getting ready for swarm season,
Post by: iddee on March 04, 2015, 08:31:42 pm

Maybe this year. It would be nice to have.If you are successful, be sure to spray it good with BT.

Title: Re: Getting ready for swarm season,
Post by: Yankee11 on March 04, 2015, 08:44:00 pm

This is how I started these traps


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.postimg.cc%2Fq3udcotlx%2F20140323_152145.jpg&hash=d841fbbd81966a4434bfa56438ed559917f3a032) (http://postimg.cc/image/q3udcotlx/)