Hello from a locked down rainy Wales 😁

[pargyle]

That goes without saying.

Welll .. they are starting from a low base..... ME !!

 

[Austin]

This will tell you more than a post ... swarm traps are usually called Bait Hives: This is the definitive work on them written by Tom Seeley ....

https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstr...ves for Honey Bees.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

Thank you Pargyle. Very interesting. I have an old hive box, I’ll have a go at modifying it, and mounting it up a tree.
Austin

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Thank you Pargyle. Very interesting. I have an old hive box, I’ll have a go at modifying it, and mounting it up a tree.
Austin

Just remember that if successful, you will have to bring the now heavier box down. (been there, done that, got the scars to prove it )

 

[Erichalfbee]

Just remember that if successful, you will have to bring the now heavier box down. (been there, done that, got the scars to prove it )

Yes.
put it on a shed roof

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Yes.
put it on a shed roof

Then forget about it!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Then forget about it!

I asked for that !!

 

[Swarm]

.... And leave the dangerous manoeuvre to your other half