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Bee Hive

It is important to note that those individuals sent to collect the bees be fully protected.
Woman posing in a protective bee collection suit

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.
Person collecting a bee

Glass Vial

A bee captured inside of a glass vial.
Bee in 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.
Putting bees to sleep in a bucket of ice

Remove Bee

Removing the unconscious bee from the vial.
Removing sleeping bee from glass vial
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