Collecting the Bees
Bee Hive
It is important to note that those individuals sent to collect the bees be fully protected.
Capturing Bees
Stand beside the sill of the hive with an uncapped wide mouth glass vial. Place the
mouth of the vial over a forager that is getting ready to fly. Once it is inside the
vial, wait for an opportunity to loosely close the vial - do not tighten the lid.
Repeat this procedure until you have the required number of bees.
Glass Vial
A bee captured inside of a glass vial.
Render Bee Unconscious
To render the bee unconscious in preparation for harnessing the bee to the conditioning
tube place the vial in a bucket of ice. Within 3-4 minutes the bee will be rendered
unconscious.
Remove Bee
Removing the unconscious bee from the vial.
