home made Vacuum ......... dampers ??

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Tommyt

March 23, 2011, 08:17:28 PM
I have a home made Vacuum made with a shop vac attached to a Tupperware Tub
with a containment box with 3 sides wood and 3 screen
I kill more bees than I care too
I have put dampers where the bee enter the box and its not Helping
what are you people doing that I'm not ??
do you use a vent to let lesson the vacuum?
If so whats the Vac pressure
Just barely a bee pull
or is my Half Hive a minute alright :shock:
Do you put anything for the bees to hit like a landing pad


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Tommyt
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Pink Cow

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March 23, 2011, 09:01:43 PM Last Edit: March 23, 2011, 09:12:49 PM by Pink Cow
You may need to vent the tub to reduce the pull. Do you use a hose from the vac head or is it directly mounted on the tub? I have mine directly mounted and left the original hose connector open so not all of the pull is through the hose. If I need to boost the pressure temporarily I can cover it partially.

Mine is made with a bucket and I have a piece of soft foam on the wall directly opposite the intake so they don't hit the hard surface.

iddee

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March 23, 2011, 10:42:52 PM
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

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BlueBee

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March 23, 2011, 11:48:17 PM
Iddee, I like your design. 

What is that yellow box you seem to have the shop vac connected to?

Do you need to regulate the vacuum pressure in your design?  Does the large volume of the hive bodies result in enough drop of the air velocity to avoid dampers/regulators?

I like that plexiglass cover idea.

hardwood

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March 23, 2011, 11:49:04 PM
Tommy, our recent video of a swarm removal in Samsula (that was actually a cut out) shows one of my bee vacs. I put a relief valve (just a hole with an adjustable plastic gate) on the collection box.

Scott
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Tommyt

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March 24, 2011, 01:17:45 AM
Thanks Scott,iddee,PC,BB
I have some what of the same upper as Iddee instead of screen
I used a cotton Tee shirt ?? SO I guess I am just using too much
suction???
Funny thing the first one I used was just the tub and a screen cage
over the vacuum hose and pretty much all the bees did well
I am going to make a five frame size and one bigger

also I do not have the vacuum incorped,
I attach the hose on
one side and intake on the other

back to the drawing board

Now If I could get a couple swarm calls


Tommyt
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iddee

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March 24, 2011, 08:41:46 AM
The yellow box is a router control. I can adjust the speed, thus the power, of the vac. There are also 4 3/4 in. screened holes in the box that I can tape over or open, for more vac control. Yes, adjust the vac until it will barely pick bees off the comb.
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

*Shel Silverstein*

Tommyt

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March 24, 2011, 10:18:39 AM
QuoteYes, adjust the vac until it will barely pick bees off the comb

Thats what I believe I am doing wrong
I also will add a window so I can see how they
are landing


tommyt
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