Set up a bee vac with a 1 1/2 HP motor and worked good until it died on me due to age I guess. Set up the bee vac with a shop vac and seems to be too much suction because on my first use the small batch of bees I vacuumed died. Any suggestions from you guy who have bee using vacs? Appreciate any comments.
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Plus have an adjustable, screened hole in your catch box. You cannot vac bees into the shop vac.
You could try making your suction adjustment hole larger in size.
James
The setup is the way it should be and looked at some you tube vids and looks like I just need an adjustable hole for vac suction. On the job training :-D
Just recently started using my bushkill style vacuum, the damper is a must. I like to adjust mine to where it will just barely pull on my tshirt. I have used mine 4 times now and had very, very few dead bees. don't know what style you are using, but I highly suggest the bushkill model. The bees seem to do much better with frames and such to hold on to. I used a friends bucket type this weekend and am convinced the bushkill type is much better for the bees well being