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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: blanc on May 19, 2012, 08:02:05 pm
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Set up a bee vac with a 1 1/2 HP motor and worked good until it died on me due to age I guess. Set up the bee vac with a shop vac and seems to be too much suction because on my first use the small batch of bees I vacuumed died. Any suggestions from you guy who have bee using vacs? Appreciate any comments.
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Plus have an adjustable, screened hole in your catch box. You cannot vac bees into the shop vac.
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You could try making your suction adjustment hole larger in size.
James
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The setup is the way it should be and looked at some you tube vids and looks like I just need an adjustable hole for vac suction. On the job training :-D
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Just recently started using my bushkill style vacuum, the damper is a must. I like to adjust mine to where it will just barely pull on my tshirt. I have used mine 4 times now and had very, very few dead bees. don't know what style you are using, but I highly suggest the bushkill model. The bees seem to do much better with frames and such to hold on to. I used a friends bucket type this weekend and am convinced the bushkill type is much better for the bees well being