Gap at side of pollen trap

[poshpikey]

I have just bought a pollen trap from A-belo and there will be a gap of one cm or so on one side of the trap when I mount it on my commercial hives. Is this normal? Could it be a gap for drones? Thanks.

 

[thedaidai]

I just bought one of the Abelo traps last night. picked it up in person. Damian pointed out the drone holes at the top. he recommended blocking up the side gaps with foam or blocks of wood. these were not designed to fit nationals (or commercials)

 

[poshpikey]

Thanks very much for the extremely helpful reply - I will bodge something up soon!

 

[Hombre]

It doesn't require that all bees go through the pollen trap for it to work. If ten to fifteen percent go around it, then it's not going to be a significant loss to yourself and ensures a continued supply for the bees.

You will only probably be trapping a single hive for one or two, separate, days a week at most I would imagine.

No point in looking for an A class answer to a B class question.