Bryan Clements wrote:
>
> Your discussions on tipping and bee blowers is interesting. After trying
> fume boards, bee go etc,  we have for the last 12 years used  Hitachi
> portable blowers to remove bees from honey box's. Its Hitachi  code is PB-20.
> It draws 335 watts  supplied by a small 240 volt petrol generator. We cover
> the intake with a wire mesh so the bees are not sucked in to the turbo that
> spins at 13000 rpm. Its weight is 2 kg and is simple to use.
 
If anyone want to see how it looks, you can find it on
http://www.kuai.se/~beeman/blower.htm
 
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P-O Gustafsson, Sweden
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