I use a 5 gallon plastic bucket, with a hole cut in like where you would put
a gate in. also a hole in the lid to fit the hose, I put a piece of PVC in
the lid hole and put a notch in it to hold a draw string. inside the bucket
is a cake cooling rack propped up so it is off the bottom so air can pass
freely, I use an old metal lamp shade that is round the metal farme of the
lamp shade fits inside the cloth bag which gives it support, both sides of
the cloth bag have draw strings. the bottom stays closed until I remove the
bees, the top of the bag is rubber banded around the PVC coming down from
the lid with the notch in it, the draw string from the top of the bag is in
the notch so when the bag is full of bees I just reach down and pull up the
pvc piece and that tightens the draw string closing the bees in the bag for
easy transportation. just put a new bag in and Im ready for more.   fairly
easy to assemble. I heated the pvc to expand the one side so it does not
fall down through the hole in the lid. and to pull the pvc up when the bees
are full I took a small piece of coat hanger shaped in a half circle and
drilled 2 holes in the sides of the pvc to accommodate the coat hanger and
because of the shape it does not block the hole. and the bottom hole will
fit and shop vac and the top hole is threaded to put the other hose in, so
in general the bottom hole is connected to the vac the top hole is for the
hose to suck the bees in, they get sucked into the net unharmed, I have had
very little death of bees doing this.    do you all follow me ? hard to
explain.
 
talk to you all later.
 
Dubie