How to Remove Bees Before Extracting?

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Originally Posted by chrisd4421

Hi all,
My present practice is effective but very time consuming.


Doe anyone have a different method and are still married?

Thanks
Chris in NJ

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it would be just as simple to use a leaf blower and blow the bees out. Then your handling the boxes and not the frames. You can also pretty much get all the bees out if you want to

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Originally Posted by southeastflorida

Do those high power gas leaf blowers, do a lot of damage to the bees?
I tried a small battery blower, but it didn't get many bees, the gas ones have 5x the velocity.

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na, blow into the grass infrount of the hive, and they will march back in

I used my Electric on with my inverter on the truck
David

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Originally Posted by EastSideBuzz

So I used my kitchen until I had 40 hives. Now I only use the inside for specialty extractions and bottling. My partner has a cowen 60 and full set up that I use for my 150 operation.

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I wish my partner, Uncle Olly, would let me use his extractor.:(