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Category Archives: Trap Outs
Trapout Update
It is time to post and update on the trapout. As with most things in beekeeping, if this fails it is going to be my fault. I had some non-beekeeping things come up last week in addition to work and … Continue reading
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Trap-out update
It has been a while since I posted on the progress of the trap-out. On 5/4 a single frame of open brood was placed in the TOB. This was done in hopes of enticing the queen out of the block … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, foundationless frames, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, trap out box, trapout, trapout box
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The inner-workings of my Trap Out Box (TOB)
With everything that has been going on I haven’t had a chance to show how this TOB is going to work. I took some pictures back on 4/30 and I will show you now. The TOB is basically just an … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, trap out, trap out box, trapout, trapout box
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Tuesday’s Trap Out Progress
I finally got up to the firehouse today to get the trap out box hooked up. It required a lot of equipment, but the process went smoothly. I first set up a walking board using two ladders. I strapped the … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, Swarm, trap out, trap out box, trapout, trapout box
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Trap-Out Day 1 4/29/12
Yesterday I started the process of trapping the bees out of the firehouse. I went to a friends wood-shop and after a couple of hours produced something similar to what Cleo Hogan from beesource.com has been using. After all of … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, trap out, trap out box
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Firehouse Bees
I got a message Wednesday night that there were bees invading one of our area volunteer fire departments. I had known about these bees, but was waiting until later this summer once things had settled down to do a trap … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, trap out
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