>>2. Has anyone come up with a convenient small dispenser -- sort of like
>>the old ant traps?  We will need to make manyl hundreds, so things
>>like jars are a little awkward, and breakable.
 
   John Taylor replied:
 
>This may not go a long way toward evironmentally friendly . . . how
>about plastic 35mm film canisters?  They will hold an ounce or two,
>holes are easily made, water resistant and won't shatter.  You should
>be able to get them from a film developer.
 
   John is right.  The photo processor centers usually have a box or a bag
full of the empty cannisters for the taking.  I drill holes in the lids and
bottoms and use them as containers for baiting the walnut husk flies and
for keeping moth crystals in clothes bags.
 
   However, they are relatively indestructable and hardly "environmentally
friendly."  Perhaps they should be fastened to the bottom board and moved
with the hives.
 
                                                Adrian
 
 
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