Popular Post Trevor Gillbanks 6,846 Posted December 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2015 Trevs Bees - Extracting a Honey Bee Colony from a rotten tree. - YouTube by Trevor Gillbanks posted A moment ago Please post your comment here no in the media section. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
tudor 1,568 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Great video, thanks. Can you please give info about the vac, tubing and collection box ? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Jas 438 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I think making up a vac setup will be a project for this winter . Would make doing cut-outs a lot easier . Very nice video there Trev . I'm sure it's more difficult than you make it look ! Good forethought with the tie down straps . I think that tree would have blown to bits without them . Then your vacuum would have had a workout ! Link to post Share on other sites
Kirsty 38 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Brilliant. Thanks so much for sharing that! Link to post Share on other sites
Santa 71 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Thanks trev ,another really cool video Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Gillbanks 6,846 Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Great video, thanks. Can you please give info about the vac, tubing and collection box ? Thanks. Have a look at this video @tudor, It is all explained here. [media] [/media] I have added the Dewalt portable vac instead of the electric vac. Tudor, if you subscribed to my youtube channel you would have found this video very easily. (My chance here to advertise.) Link to post Share on other sites
Hector Wong 263 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi Trev, Notice that you had a small frame on the bottom of the box you transferred the colony into. Was the box a 3/4 and the bottom frame is to convert it into a FD? Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Gillbanks 6,846 Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi Trev,Notice that you had a small frame on the bottom of the box you transferred the colony into. Was the box a 3/4 and the bottom frame is to convert it into a FD? No. It was a Full depth box. I have a 80mm space under the box for swarm collection. This gives the bees somewhere to hangout until some comb is drawn. I also do drone trapping so all my brood boxes have a 3/4 or drone frame in them. Check out my other videos. All the info is there. Link to post Share on other sites
Beau Fraser 61 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Another most interesting video Trev. Keep them coming. Link to post Share on other sites
Jezza 376 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Thanks Trev, maybe you could post some photos showing how the bees have drawn out the rest of those frames of wild comb? Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Gillbanks 6,846 Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Thanks Trev, maybe you could post some photos showing how the bees have drawn out the rest of those frames of wild comb? They have been moved on. It is now a 2 FD box and I have cycled those frame out. The brood is only kept initially to help the colony settle. Remember it is no longer a swarm but a set up colony in it's own right. The brood helps prevent the colony absconding. Link to post Share on other sites
WannaBee2 91 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Another great video! Top marks for your assistant also. Keep the videos coming Trev. They are always fun and interesting to watch. It also great watching a 'seasoned' beekeeper in action. Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Gillbanks 6,846 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 It also great watching a 'seasoned' beekeeper in action. Easy on the Seasoned part. I am not that old. (y):whistle::whistle::whistle::whistle: Link to post Share on other sites
WannaBee2 91 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Easy on the Seasoned part. I am not that old. (y):whistle::whistle::whistle::whistle: - Was meaning in the beekeeping experience Link to post Share on other sites
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