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What do you paint them with? How high do you put them? What is the difference in the frames? What time of the year do you put them out?

Thank you so much! Very practical and reasonable priced swarm trap for the deep Langston frame 9-1/8" high.

How are you going to get the Queen?

Is there a cut list or layout for these?

Your swap trap worked well. I am a 5th year bee keeper and finally decided to build some traps. We built 9 two weeks ago here in Central Alabama. We hung up all nine. We are already catching swarms. We used old wax to line the boxes and lid. We used pamarosa oil and lemon grass with one frame of old comb. It worked perfectly. I am glad the algo put that video in my watch lineup. Thanks for a great swarm trap build video.

I like the design... except I recommend measuring the length of box after the cleats are put on, before cutting the top piece... cause I needed an extra 1/4 inch for the already cut tops to fit properly. Would have saved me some grief if I hadn't pre cut them. But overall a great design. I also drilled about 16 1/4" holes in the bottom for water drainage, in case of rain.

Really good video. Good instructions and not too long of a video. I’ve been making swarm traps for several years. Taking plywood sheets home to cut. Never thought of having Home Depot cut plywood for me. Duh!😅. Guess an old dog can still learn new tricks.

Thank you for the video. Your measurements for the cuts were very clear so I could get it tight, carpentry not being my acumen. Thanks again

I used these this spring. Set 5 traps caught 5 swarms. Great design

How high should I strap the box to the tree? Great video man, Thanks!

Thanks for the info. I'm building your pattern this year. Happy bee keeping

thanks for the video, I was able to make my first one today! Thanks

Thank you so much for this video! I built three traps using your design, filled them with old comb and used lemongrass oil for an additional attractant. Caught my first swarm today! Located just north of San Antonio Texas - 3-28-23. So thrilled 🥳

Dear Lord, please let full sheets of plywood come back down to $16.xx!

Vertical?

Found video very informative. Learned a lot, Thanks for putting together. Thanks!

Nice instruction for these boxes, really the most straight forward of the 6-8 vids I've watched on the subject- Thank you. I just got back from Lowes with a stack of cut boards...

I made a 5 frame version. Will work well with my nuc's. Thank you

So.did u catch some free bees?

And if the bees gets how long will they stay before transferring them to the main hive

How about if you put up a swam trap for so long and the bees are not getting in the trap?

Do you have a video of your traps catching a swarm? Thx.

Awesome instructions

Great video ! Very helpful ! Definitely going to try it. Thanks so much !

Thank you so much!!!

Im excited to try and make these. Thank you . Great explanation .

Question if you don’t have the luxury of an other yard what then.

Glad you got the plywood for 16 now it can cost twice that and more

What are the chances that someone gets mad or upset if they see you putting these up somewhere? And how often do people steal the boxes or take them down? I'd like to try this but I don't know people to ask on putting them down. I'm wondering if a bandit hiding method will work if no one notices? (Not saying others are doing this...)

How long do you leave it in the tree after you’ve caught a swarm?

Great video, thanks for sharing your experience :)

What Guage of Brad nails do you use

Any reason for the glue?

Nice video! What happens to other queens when more than one hatches? Do they kill all but one? How do they pick the chosen one? So many questions...

GREAT INFO!!!! Thank You for making it!

Thn u did that ur silly, it's the cult

What are the scales? thanks

I used your video to make my traps. I put them out and caught my first swarm ever three days later! Thanks

I found the top cut to be too short. It wouldn't fit. I changed it to 21 1/2"

Why not use titebond III instead of premium , which is NOT waterproof.

Nice design with minimal waste.

Good video. Only problem is the one with any DIY vid, it's cheap and easy IF you got a workshop with about 2k worth of tools and machines. Which most people don't.

Thanks for this! Made up three this weekend. Even this carpen-diot was able to do a passable job. I put a door that I can rotate over the entrance. Also bored three 1 1/2" holes in the lids. Stapled some #8 HW cloth on the inside to cover the holes and fashioned another door that swings to cover them on the outside. Close the entrance, open the top for ventilation. Put in the truck. Easy peasy. Have a similar setup on a couple nucs and it makes moving them a breeze.

The advice about using foundation in the other frames is NOT a good tip... It's much better to use a starter strip, -only- so that the bees use the strip as a template of where to build comb. Using solid foundation -greatly- reduces your chances of catching a swarm, because it makes the scout bee think that the volume is far smaller than it actually is. In my experience, it's also better to put the old comb frames on the outside edges, rather than the center.

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Excellent video, VERY WELL EXPLAINED .Thank you.

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should you have a screened in hole on the top for ventilation

Wax,lemon Grass oil, geranium oil