Category Archives: HowTo

The difference between a HIT and a catch

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jason

I have had bees occupy a trap only to leave it a short time later.  At times they have stayed as long as a couple of days.  This caused me a lot of frustration last year as you can see … Continue reading →

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Hanging of Swarm Traps

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jason

I realized recently that I hadn’t scheduled How I Hang a Swarm Trap for publishing yet.  If you are interested take a look at it and get some traps out there. A lot of beekeepers think that the swarm season … Continue reading →

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The inner-workings of my Trap Out Box (TOB)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Jason

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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Trap-Out Day 1 4/29/12

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jason

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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Loading Swarm Traps

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Jason

Now that I finally have some Swarm Trap Plans posted it is time to think about the next step.  The traps need to be loaded prior to deployment. The directions for How I Load Swarm Traps can be found under How To… in the … Continue reading →

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Swarm trap plans are…. “done”

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Jason

After weeks and weeks of re-examining my Swarm Trap Plans I have to get them out.  Every time I look at them I make changes.  I found a draft laying around from two weeks ago.  It showed that I was … Continue reading →

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New method of hanging traps

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jason

I have found a new way to hang many of  my traps.  Instead of driving nails into trees, I began using light duty chain and S-hooks.  It started when my Dad did not want me putting nails into his trees.  … Continue reading →

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Killing Small Hive Beetles

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jason

Recently there was a tense situation on our little homestead.  As mentioned previously I am coming to grips with the fact that I have Small Hive Beetle at one of my hive sites.  I know that eventually they will be … Continue reading →

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Addition to Spots Post

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Jason

A recent comment from one of my YouTube videos made me realize that I had neglected to list a very important SPOT for swarm traps.  It is just one of those things that I took so much for granted that … Continue reading →

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Looking for Spots

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jason

This is the time of year that we should be thinking of swarm trap locations for the coming season.  Even if your traps aren’t made yet.  Over the last several days though involved with things totally unrelated to bees, I was given … Continue reading →

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