Swarm traps

[melias]

Does anyone know where you can buy large fibre pots in the UK to make swarm traps like these?

http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/2012/03/making-homemade-swarm-trap.html

 

[drstitson]

erin do them - just need to find your local stockist (or blag a sample)

http://www.erinpulp.co.uk/index-13.php?lang=english

 

[melias]

Many thanks. Spent 20 minutes on Google and could only find the tiny ones..

 

[Lemmy]

erin do them - just need to find your local stockist (or blag a sample)

They oftern come with a fruit or veg kit in them too, we did them at work last year for Focus.

A good garden centre sould have them

 

[BeeMoustashe]

looks like a highly elaborate bait hive to me? Surely any reasonably sturdy/waterproof 40lt containter would achieve the same? (I intend to use a skep this year)

 

[drstitson]

unless you can monitor the traps daily it's better to use boxes that take appropriate frames. remember a swarm can draw out a big hive of comb in days - best that it is manageable rather than a mess of wild comb that just makes work for you.

 

[Dishmop]

Garden shop?

Make your own out of papier mache from re-cycled egg boxes?

How about the liners for hanging flower baskets?

 

[REDWOOD]

Don't these pots go soggy when wet ?, make a thin ply wooden box that will take a few frames

 

[Goodwood]

I'm making a few out of old half bottle wine cases
The half bottle cases are just right for 3-4 old frames

 

[BeeJayBee]

Don't these pots go soggy when wet ?

Yes, they do, at least in our garden. If they get wet they won't stay the same shape unless they're filled with something solid such as soil.

 

[Compostcritter]

I use a Nuc with a few frames. Caught a really large swarm last year. It's doing really well now and is really string colony.

 

[drstitson]

although nucs do work as bait hives the work of Tom Seeley would suggest that if actually going to the bother of making one 40l (ie a national brood box) is the optimum size.

remembering also - small entrance, no mesh floor.

 

[Nic Rhodes]

although nucs do work as bait hives the work of Tom Seeley would suggest that if actually going to the bother of making one 40l (ie a national brood box) is the optimum size.

remembering also - small entrance, no mesh floor.

can you remember where he put the entrance DrS?, I have lost my notes from his lecture.

 

[drstitson]

low.

my boxes this year are 2nd's LS or nat broods, with frames and lures, with a sheet of ply screwed to the base and another sheet (with entrance) attached with hive fasteners for easy access.

 

[Chris58]

Remember she is in Atlanta - don't think they get much rain there. Not suitable for the European weather for long, due to rain.

 

[melias]

Actually, Atlanta gets much more rainfall in the spring/summer than Southern UK.

 

[Skyhook]

Actually, Atlanta gets much more rainfall in the spring/summer than Southern UK.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr5djzzeA3M[/ame]

 

[Luminos]

Actually, Atlanta gets much more rainfall in the spring/summer than Southern UK.

Are you thinking of Atlantis - a lot wetter there, I believe

 

[drstitson]

"Are you thinking of Atlantis - a lot wetter there, I believe"

or Atlanta after they moved the city offshore, along with all their great and the good, to become an even bigger Delta Hub!

 

[keithgrimes]

"Are you thinking of Atlantis - a lot wetter there, I believe"

or Atlanta after they moved the city offshore, along with all their great and the good, to become an even bigger Delta Hub!

That Airport is the worst in the US