Because our efforts to have a workshop for building traps have been squashed by Shelter in Place directives, I wanted to give all of you an online video source for building your own swarm traps! You can certainly “convert” a deep box into a trap by screwing plywood onto the bottom of a box and strapping a plywood lid onto your box and drilling a 2 inch hole in one side. Bee trap!

But if you would like slimmer, less heavy traps to carry around (especially when putting in a tree) these videos are great step by step examples and will have to do during these times. Please feel free to call or email Angela (use contact form on this site) for any questions about swarm trapping.

Etienne Tardif is a Beekeeper and Teacher in the Yukon in Zone 1 north of us. I first heard him speak about Northern Winterizing at Apimondia 2019 in Montreal. He is offering a free or by donation online class for how he successfully winterizes on Sunday. Please see the information from him below!

Session#1 Wintering in the North – April 5 – 3 to 5pm (MST)
Registration (Free or by donation) -> https://forms.gle/46YVFJPrmijDvUMb9
As promised, I will be giving folks a beekeeping webinar using Zoom. If you have never used it please download the app to your computer/tablet or smart phone. It is fairly easy to use.
Here is a video tutorial – please have it installed and tested before the actual session

Only people who register will get the password. Open to anyone.
Zoom Invitation number:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/845654189?pwd=TGx6QWdieFJQak9hdmhKMXlzZmUxZz09
Meeting ID: 845 654 189
The meeting is password protected