[Robo]

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/

 

[Robo]

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