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No need to sacrifice a goat, just make sure all your hives have, "good chee" (also translated as "qi" or "chi".) Will solve all your problems.

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Providence Hills,... Send me an e-mail, cchoganjr@scrtc.com and I will send you the info.
I can't attach the info on this forum.

Yes it is easy to make your own trap.

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Grizz270, Yes, but, can I say, definatively, that it lured the swarms into the swarm box, or for the swarm to land on the grass sack, no I can't. But, I too have lots of it, and rather than just...

Daniel y.. Those are good questions to use on the Master Beekeeper Certificate Exam.

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michos... One good use for the slum gum is, while it is hot, pour it into shallow dishs and place those cakes in your swarm bait hives.

Another good use, while hot, pour slumgum on grass...

[QUOTE=bevy's honeybees;956916] she drilled an opening of 1 1/2 inch.

bevy... Why did she drill a hole 1 1/2 inch. That size hole is larger than most birds around here use. (blue birds,...

hallofbees..... I use 3 mil plastic bags, sold at Lowe's as contractors bags, barrel size. Normally about 20 to a box, but 2 bags will do all the sealing i have ever had to do. I use Gorilla...

WISHBONE... actually I am a big fan of sliced bread.

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Patbeek.... I never buy a queen until the trapout is finished, and I determine if I have trapped the queen or not. There is not a lot of reason to buy one before finishing. The brood that you...

I think you will get a lot of different answers, here is my .01 cents worth.

If you leave the cone on long enough, (i'm talking 4 to 5 weeks) to allow all capped brood in the feral colony to...

[QUOTE=josephus1;958990] I like because you don't need a nuc box at all. It QUOTE]

I still use some nuc boxes. They are so much easier to move, when splitting 50 hives and moving to a different...

Bill91143... Congrats, Close call between big buck and catching a queen in the trap.

Just now leaving for Georgia. If I have internet, I will check back in tonight.

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Wishbone... I am with you on the veil.. I ALWAYS wear a veil and I absolutely insist when someone is in my yard splitting or inspecting bees that they wear a veil. I too keep gloves handy if they...

Ben Franklin.... Were you using the screen cone funnel or some other type.

Josephus... I also made what i think you are talking about. My device to make a 10 framer into a 3, 4, 5, or any...

Wishbone... That is what I have been told, but, a left hand saw is hard to find. I have been asking around and have not found anyone that has one.

I cut mine with the right hand saw and have...

PatBeek.... If it works for you, don't change it. I had just always put the catch box much closer, and honestly, I never tried placing the catch box that far away, from the end of the screen...

If you only have one pound after 36 hours, you have severely weakened the hive.

Yes, I would also close off the tunnel. I have had many people tell me the queen came through the funnel, but, I...

PatBeek... I believe I would move the catch hive such that the entrance is directly under the funnel, and if at all possible, much closer to the funnel, in other words higher.

The bees will...

Joseph... That sounds good. You may have just made a giant leap forward in beekeeping, in getting queens from trees, buildings, etc. Only time will tell.

Congradulations, Let's see how it...

If you do it now, and you want it to survive the Winter, be prepared to feed heavily, and/or give honey from another hive. I always stopped trapping in Kentucky about the 20th of June to the 1st of...

josephus1.. Thanks for the info. Sounds promising, and I understand parts of it, but, honestly, not all yet. My questions would be:

Have you attempted to lure the queen over where the entrance...

Radar...That is it. Once again you have the memory of an elephant. Thanks.

Lot of good info in that thread on using green,wet, or air cured lumber.

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Mr. Beeman. I too have two trap outs going, and both free,, and I don't really have the time to fool with them, but, in both cases they were going to spray the bees, because they could not cut...

If I were going to remove the old comb from the motorhome, I would do a cutout from the start. In this case you are doing a trapout, and still doing a cutout.

Trapouts are more useful when you...

Somewhere on here, (another forum) I posted an experiment I did with rough saw,(green) pine, and rough saw (green) poplar. I posted photos of box cut nucs. If i remember correctly, they both...