Now that I own one each of the Stauffer and Sundance pollen traps, I find them
to be almost identical in all respects except one.  That is that the cone bee
escapes at the entrance of the trap which allow the bees to exit the hive
without having to go back through the pollen collection grid are of different
materials.  The bee escapes in the Stauffer trap are made of plastic while
those of the Sundance trap are made of relatively heavy gauge stainless steel
screen wire.  The wire bee escapes are more heavy duty (less fragile) than
the plastic ones and should last longer.  Because they are screen, they should
also provide slightly more ventilation.  The differences are not big, but I
now have to agree that the Sundance trap seems to be the most ruggedly built of
the best materials.  Besides the bee escapes, all the other materials seemed to
me to be almost identical, as is the design.  I would think that excellent
results should be obtained using either trap.  I look forward to using both of
them this season.  If you want "the best" then the Sundance trap (to me) has a
slight edge and I would therefore consider it marginally the better of the two.
I guess I may find out through time whether or not I am right.

Layne Westover, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.