Vac Attack???????????

[For want of a better word]

Any comments on using an industrial vacuum cleaner for removing a nest of bees from an awkward place... cavity wall.. difficult nooks and crannies???

Nothing sucks like an Electrolux... would it suck for bees???

Apologies for profanities before the more delicate amongst our forum brethren have yet another go at me!!!

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[beeatshellards]

they will die instantly! ive seen someone do it and i told them that would happen

 

[merylvingien]

It would be far easier to use an insecticide, far quicker if you want to kill the bees.

 

[Andre cardona]

use a bee vac have a lookon the net

 

[greatbritishhoney]

I have heard of someone using a modified henry vaccum cleaner for collecting swarms. The Henry has a variable power setting - so you can (apparently) hoover up the bees without damaging them. Also, the inside of the pipe is smooth - unlike some other hoovers.
The modification is that you add a sealed wooden box halfway along the length of the pipe so that bees are not sucked into the hoover bag (obviously you would need to make sure the outlet from the box was covered with gauze or something similar).
The person relating this story has apparently done it many times and has never lost a swarm through using this method.

I stress that this is just a story I have heard. I have never seen it in practice and, personally, would not want to try it.

 

[Jeff Buzz]

I use a bee vac for removing swarms if correctly set up you should lose hardly any bees in the progress.

 

[greatbritishhoney]

Hopefully this link will lead you to the Beekeeping UK group on Facebook where there are a few photos of said Henry Bee Vac in action...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66033167401&v=photos

 

[For want of a better word]

Thanks GBH !!!!

SWMBO was asking me to buy a Henry Vac''' off to shops!!!
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