We had a lesson from Tom today about making pollen traps for top bar hives. He made the design himself. Most of the pictures are from him (thank you!). It was so fun! Quite the carpentry activity. Us three girls helped make one of them, the others made one each. There are two screens attached to the front for the bees to crawl through (the second just in case the pollen doesn't come off the first time). The pollen falls down through mesh into the drawer for you to collect!
I'm glad there was a picture of me using a hammer, proof of my skills:
I didn't realize I was wearing all purple today....
The finished product:
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