Farmhouse Trapout

[Jeff Buzz]

I thought folks might be interested in a trap out I am doing. The bees are in the cavity and maybe the floor of a farmhouse and they need to go as the have stung two people already.
I have offered to trap them out rather than kill the bees I don't expect to get the queen but will bleed the workers off until the colony is reduced and dies out I will then fill the hole they are using.
I expect this to be a long job and I will take the workers and unite them with one of my hives.
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[Jeff Buzz]

I have formed a seal as close to the hole as possible ready to fix a baseboard to mount the trap out kit on

 

[Jeff Buzz]

I then mounted the baseboard by screwing it to the wall with a mesh cover over the entrance and a escape funnel for the bees to exit.
The capture box will be fixed to this board also
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[Jeff Buzz]

The bees can know exit through the funnel and will fly back to the original entrance that they can still see but will not be able to enter. I have mounted the box with the entrance next to the old entrance with a frame of brood and lots of empty frames and hopefully the bees will have no choice but to go in the box.
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[Newbeeneil]

I did a successful one of these earlier in the year which took about 6 weeks. I started it at the end of April because at that time there was little stores. It will take longer at the moment because they will have plenty of stores.

 

[Jeff Buzz]

I did a successful one of these earlier in the year which took about 6 weeks. I started it at the end of April because at that time there was little stores. It will take longer at the moment because they will have plenty of stores.

I am planning on swapping the boxes out taking some bees away on Monday they have drawn out 5 frames is this what you did?

 

[Newbeeneil]

I am planning on swapping the boxes out taking some bees away on Monday they have drawn out 5 frames is this what you did?

Not with this one, I gave mine a frame of brood which kept them very calm and they produced a queen and are now a very strong full colony.
On a previous one which took about 3 months because of the amount of stores they had I still gave them a frame of eggs but when the queen was laying I took frames of brood away to strengthen other nucs.

 

[Sutty]

Is there a queen in your trap colony?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Is there a queen in your trap colony?

There will be but she will be left behind

 

[Sutty]

There will be but she will be left behind

I meant the colony being trapped Into.

 

[Jeff Buzz]

Is there a queen in your trap colony?

I put a frame of brood with a QC on. I have a quick look Friday but couldn't see a queen although the QC was open. I may try another frame of brood this week