Wooden Pollen Trap for standard hives

Key Features:

• Compatibility: Perfect for Langstroth and Dadant stationary hives.
• Quality Materials: Made of robust wood, with a pollen tray of perforated galvanized steel, ensuring strength and longevity.
• Practical Design: Equipped with a hinged screen for easy access and cleaning.
• Easy Installation: Easily hung on the hive with hooks, ensuring a firm and stable attachment.
• Drone Escape: Includes side escapes to allow drones to exit, as they cannot pass through the screen due to their size.

Operation:

The pollen trap works by forcing the bees to pass through the hinged screen when entering the hive. As they pass through this screen, the pollen carried on their legs is dislodged and falls into the collection tray. This process ensures efficient pollen collection while allowing the free transit of bees. The side escapes allow drones to exit, which would otherwise be trapped inside the hive.

Usage Recommendations:
• Preparation: Before use, it is recommended to place the pollen trap with the screen lowered so that the bees can get used to it for a few days. After this period, lower the screen and start collecting pollen.
• Optimal Conditions:
 • Pollen-producing bloom.
 • Strong colonies with old and young bees, and open brood.
 • Absence of diseases and no queen changes.
 • High entrance to avoid contact with the ground and vegetation.

Pollen Harvesting:
• Frequency: Every 2 days in dry areas and daily in humid areas.
• Storage: Use an easy-to-handle and clean container (food-grade bucket) to avoid the effects of moisture and temperature.
• Duration: Keep the traps in place without interruption throughout the bloom in all hives.

This pollen trap is the ideal solution for beekeepers seeking efficiency and quality in pollen collection. Its careful design and selected materials offer a hassle-free experience and efficient collection.