Chris asks: "I have a Sundance pollen trap on a hive that may eventually
swarm.  Will the
trap have any effect on the swarm as it tries to leave the hive?"

Your bees will swarm just fine, but when the virgin queen hatches and leaves
to mate she won't be able to get back into the hive if you have the 'front
board' set to collect pollen.

However, one of the advantages of the Sundance trap is that if you know a
swarm has left you can set the 'front board' to not collect pollen.  Then
the newly-mated (former) virgin can easily get back into the brood area.
When she is laying, just reset the front board to the collect mode.




Lloyd
Lloyd Spear, Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacturers of Ross Rounds Comb
Honey Equipment, Sundance Pollen Traps
and Custom Printer of Sundance Labels.

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