I'm thinking of building some triangular bee escapes. Do they work well or are they a waste of time?
John
They work, if the bee wants to leave.
I am not hoping for 100% exit Allen. Is 95% in eight hours possable?
John
run em with smoke!
95% is possible. But keep an eye on it because you may open a buffet for the beetles.
Quote from: AllenF on July 25, 2012, 08:31:03 PM
95% is possible. But keep an eye on it because you may open a buffet for the beetles.
Yep, the beetles negate alot of things we do that we once could get away with. I just pulled supers today and I used the old trick of stacking them over an escape, in this case I put them on top of light colonies that needed bees. I got maybe 50% moved in 24 hours but I ain't about to leave them any longer than that. As it was ants were nosing around the supers so I wouldn't recommend leaving anything light on bees any longer than you have to. If I had combined it with a little bee quick I would expect to get the 95%, though.
I stack the supers, put the triangle escape board on inverted, an empty super and night light. Next morning supers are clear.
Robo
I was thinking of something similar in case there were a lot of bees left in the supers but your idea will be better.
Thanks
John
I like my shop vac that I use for my bee vac. It has the detachable motor that can double as a blower. I just hook my hose to the oulet side and use a reducer that allows you to hook up a smaller hose and blow the last of them out. Did that this afternoon and only had maybe a half a dozen make it into the house with me. Made it to the very last box before one got it's revenge on me.