Early last summer we had a discussion about removing bees from
buildings.  Several techniques were discussed some of which were
new.  I would like to add and get some feedback on these ideas.
I tried using plastic tubing which worked very well for a few
days but as someone else posted, they found the entrance after
about a week.  I then tried the 3 cornered bee escape but they
found the top entrance.   I closed off the corners and cut about
3 small openings at random in the surface of the screen.  This
worked very well but is still not the best method IMHO.   I think
the cone works the best but it is so cumbersome the mount.
 
 What I plan to do this year, is to make some cones and
permanently mount them to plywood.  I will then mount these with
small nails and use foam to  create a seal.  Having used the foam
as a seal last year, I don't believe that it does them any harm.
I have not given up on the tubing.  I am going to try cutting a
window in a large piece of tubing and cover it with screen to
allow hive odors to escape which would draw the bees to this area
of the tubing rather than the end.
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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