Bee Vacuum (Part 1)

[Mike Henderson]

Some time ago, I designed a bee vacuum with some innovative features. If you don't keep bees, you may not be interested in this.
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I posted a video to YouTube about the vacuum and some people contacted me about making a bee vacuum for them. But there's a fair amount of work to build one and no one if going to pay for that amount of work. Shipping would also be a problem. And I'm retired.

So I made a video that describes how to build the bee vacuum. Actually, it was too long so I broke it into three parts.

Here's the first part that describes how to build the basic box.

https://youtu.be/tDJGIzsucbE

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[Mike Henderson]

Thesecond part describes how to make the handles and the internals.

https://youtu.be/8B1jxHgtzJM

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[Mike Henderson]

And the third part describes how to make the top and how to use it.

https://youtu.be/IxIeIjHvAm4

Mike

[Jim Becker]

Thanks for posting this, Mike! It's a great project for any Beek that's interested in getting more involved in swarm capture, etc. Nice work! (I will show this to Professor Dr. SWMBO once I'm home from Aspire Camp)

[Marshall Harrison]

Thanks Mike. I have a friend and fellow woodworker that has bees. I'll have to s no him a link to your videos.