There are many pollen trap designs available, these are two that I think are appealing to backyard beekeepers.
You don't have to lift the hive and replace the bottom board to get pollen.
There are other hive manufacturers that provide pollen traps as an integrated part of their bottom board, such as the Apimaye hives: • Apimaye Ergo Plus Bee ...
In this video, I review two pollen traps.
My all time favorite landing board mounted pollen trap can be found right here at The Blythewood Bee Co.
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The plastic hive front pollen trap system was purchased on Amazon and this is an affiliate link: amzn.to/3s5GcSA
This identical trap is being sold under many different company names.
These are the plastic tubes that I put my collected pollen in:
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If you are making your own pollen traps, these are the trap inserts I was referring to:
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I do not recommend leaving your pollen trap on and in the active mode for more than a few hours per day. I also recommend that you only collect pollen from a very strong colony that isn't struggling.
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14 окт 2024
