Bushkill Bee Vac

8069 Views 8 Replies 4 Participants Last post by BjornBee, Apr 20, 2009

Robo

Discussion Starter · Apr 13, 2009

I've been doing quite a bit of bee removals for a few years now and heavily rely on using a bee vac. I was never quite pleased with the traditional box in a box design, so a couple of years ago I designed my own. It is basically a top and a bottom that is used with a regular hive body. The concept is to suck them right into the hive and not have to move them again, which reduces the stress and killing of more bees. It stores compactly and can either be used with a separate vac or an integrated one and is easily expandable for those huge swarms. Quite a few other beekeepers have built them as well and have had good success. Here is a link to all the details -> http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/bee-vac/

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Iddee

· #2 · Apr 13, 2009

I will have to admit, that is the first one I have seen that may work as good as mine.

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The original idea of mine was to vac them right onto the combs. It was designed by a man named Tom Sawyer. I had the problem of installing the cut out comb after vacuuming the bees, so I modified it to hold the bees until the comb had been installed in the hive. Then just slide the sheet metal out and shake the bees down.

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Robo

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 13, 2009

Well, well, well. Let me give credit where credit is due. I had seen those picture a while ago and must admit, your vac provided some of the inspiration for mine. It was a while ago and I just hadn't put the two together until now that it was yours.

Not to get your ego any bigger

but after looking at the pictures again, you probably subconsciously influenced my bee removal trailer as well. I'll have to take a picture and let you decide

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Iddee

· #4 · Apr 13, 2009

That's exactly why we live on these forums. To help each other for the betterment of the bees. I hope I have been a help to some, as I know I have gleaned much from many.

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BjornBee

· #5 · Apr 17, 2009

I keep looking, but have yet to see a price tag on any of these bee vac......

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Iddee

· #6 · Apr 18, 2009

110 dollars for the plexiglas box with slide in bottom, plus freight. You supply the vac, hoses, and router control. I don't make them. They will be coming from a friend of mine.

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BjornBee

· #7 · Apr 19, 2009

Let me know when they are on sale....

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beehandler

· #8 · Apr 20, 2009

i'll sell you one identical to the one iddee has for $250.00..... wait, they are on sale for $200.00. how many would you like ? :lol:

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BjornBee

· #9 · Apr 20, 2009

Oh, I see. Bee"handler" is just code for "middleman"....

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