Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>I made a simple swarm catcher from two poles and a plastic trash
>bag. I needed to get a swarm off the trunk of a tree. It was my
>first swarm. Took the bag- clear plastic- and attached it to the
>two poles making a square opening when you held the poles
>parallel to each other.
 
 
This sounds like a great technique for getting swarms but I would NOT use a
plastic garbage bag. I did this one time, captured a swarm in a plastic
garbage bag... and by the time I got to my apiary (10 min) the poor swarm
had suffocated.  I vowed never to do this again.  I recommend a laundry bag
or a bag with lots of ventilation.
 
Paul Cronshaw DC
Hobby beekeeper in Santa Barbara