> > Does anyone have a good simple, cheap design for a dead bee trap?
>
> When I worked for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, we had
a
> dead bee trap that we used in trials.  It fitted over the front of the
hive.
> It was about 8 inches high and as wide as the hive.
> ...We had the dead bee trap this
> big as we often did insecticide trials and the affect on bees so needed to
> be able to hold large numbers.  For simple trials, it could be made
smaller.

Thanks, and thanks to Dave too for his useful ideas.

What I wonder now is what is the normal mortality of bees +inside a hive+ in
summer?

Anyone?

allen