looks like a swarm leaving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXHFSoO6I4&t=85s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXHFSoO6I4&t=85s
couldnt agree more. Nancy put me on to these boards. Took about 20mins to make from scrap and is extremely effective at preventing swarms. Makes lovely big mated queens for increase/sale also.Look up "Swarming, its Control and Prevention" by L.E. Snelgrove. The boards are simple to build and their operation is not as daunting as it first seems.
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I found the book he wrote. Is that what you mean. Or is there a link to the actual design and plans to make these boards?couldnt agree more. Nancy put me on to these boards. Took about 20mins to make from scrap and is extremely effective at preventing swarms. Makes lovely big mated queens for increase/sale also.
i had a look at a bought one and copied it.I found the book he wrote. Is that what you mean. Or is there a link to the actual design and plans to make these boards?
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Nancy also, put me onto them.couldnt agree more. Nancy put me on to these boards. Took about 20mins to make from scrap and is extremely effective at preventing swarms. Makes lovely big mated queens for increase/sale also.
There is a free pdf. of the booklet that Snelgrove wrote, that shows how to build them, but a better way is shown by Wally Shaw in, :The Many Uses of a Snelgrove Board". Part II I think. Instead of wedges it employs trapizoid shaped doors screwed into the board.I found the book he wrote. Is that what you mean. Or is there a link to the actual design and plans to make these boards?
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