>WHat devices are there for capturing swarms from high locations? > >I remember reading in Bee Culture about a swarm capture technique using >some long poles and a plastic garbage bag. > >Any other ideas? I'd been led to understand that with enough Nasonov baits and a good Swarm Box (placed upwind), you could attract them away from a roost...maybe a little time-consuming, but supposedly practical. Maybe someone with experience using swarm bait can confirm or deny this. Doug Yanega Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr. Champaign, IL 61820 USA phone (217) 244-6817, fax (217) 333-4949 affiliate, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Entomology http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu:80/~dyanega/my_home.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82