Mike asks "Should the excape cones face upwards or downwards on the Sundance
trap?"

Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends".

The original Sundance trap is meant to be bottom mounted; mounted directly
on top of the bottom board.  This is the trap with the Luan cover.  The
cones on this should face down; that is, the narrow opening should be
closest to the bottom board.  This is because the bees hesitate to enter the
narrow opening, when they are entering the hives with pollen, so are
'forced' to go through the stripping screens.

However, we also have a top mount trap, the Sundance II.  This trap does not
have a Luan board, but has the same stainless steel escape cones.  When
installing this trap the narrow end should face up, for the same reason as
given above.

Lloyd


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Lloyd Spear
Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacture of equipment for round comb honey sections,
Sundance Pollen Traps, and producer of Sundance custom labels.
Contact your dealer or www.RossRounds.com

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