> >>2. Has anyone come up with a convenient small dispenser -- sort of > >>like the old ant traps? We will need to make manyl hundreds, so > >>things like jars are a little awkward, and breakable. > > John Taylor replied: > > >This may not go a long way toward evironmentally friendly . . . how > >about plastic 35mm film canisters? They will hold an ounce or two, > >holes are easily made, water resistant and won't shatter. You > >should be able to get them from a film developer. > However, they are relatively indestructable and hardly > "environmentally > friendly." Perhaps they should be fastened to the bottom board and > moved with the hives. > Thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking, and the idea of leaves got me thinking about a little packet of 2 or three inch squares of sheet plastic stapled on each corner and thrown under the pallets. Ants could get access -- but bees couldn't, water would not likely bother them much, and they would disintegrate over ten or so years -- most untreated plastics fall apart quite quickly in the sun. What do y'all think? Regards Allen W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper VE6CFK RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0 Internet:[log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask] Honey. Bees, & Art <http://www.internode.net/~allend/>