You could put 4" pvc sewer caps over the pipe (drill hole in the cap and put pipe thru hole and caulk so it doesn't leak) and then put water in the caps, ants will not cross water. about once a week add more water, I have been doing that for years and I have no ants, the only difference is my legs sit inside the caps on the ground because my hives are on solid ground. For hive beetles I suck them up with a little nozzle on a modified vacuum, the bees corral the beetles so they are real easy to get, you just have to be fast. Varroa is something I just have to deal with.

Great post! Where are you? I live in South Texas, and we have some nasty ants. Nothing that compares to yours! I have 4X4 legs on my stands and every spring I put on nitrile gloves and slather axle grease on the top of each leg to keep the ants out. I like the idea of covering it up that you presented. I think I am going to start looking for some appropriate size containers to cut up, Thanks

Nice rooster 🐓 sound in background.

Are argentine ants & fire ants one of the same?? I thought that fire ants came from Africa? They got transported via sea/land containers into the port of New Orleans. The African bees (killer bees)were shipped into Brazil for research, escaped, and spread south and north into southern USA. Now they are saying that mussels shell fish clam thing (from China) has invaded the Great Lakes, the Mississippi water shed and now via the Gulf of Mexico have gotten in Texas waterways. 🤔 So nobody pays any attention to what they are transporting ???? 🤔🤷🤷🐜🐜🐜🐝🐝🐝😱🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️😱🤔

Can't wait to try this thanks for sharing

Wish you could focus closer to the ants. So I can see what ur talking about. Try to explain to a kindergartner like me. Am so interested to start my bee hives. Sorry for the problem. Thanks for sharing. Need all the learning I can get.

How did the kick boxing class go?

Thank you for the video.

Don't forget to keep your weeds/plants trimmed down - nature will provide an alternative path for the ants and they will take it faster than you realize you missed a mowing day.

Food grade diatomaceous earth?

If glued would it still be a problem? They dont make 22.5deg sch40 fittings. Psi should be around 12. Not 400

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This past Friday I caught my first swarm of the season using your idea !!! Thanks

Smart... worth the watch... Thanks for your hard work...

high school girlfriend's dad had bees. hives up on a stand like yours. only he had 4 inches of pea gravel on the ground under the hives then in the winter he coated the pea gravel with Diazanon crystles. then powdered the the legs of the hive stand in the spring just to make sure. don't know if that worked or not. didn't spend much time in the bee yard.

What size are these pots

Can you spray your yard with water and dawn dish soap

It sounds like people aren't putting the swarm traps on their own properties. Can someone explain how you can do this without getting into trouble? Do you get permission or just sort of sneak them onto some place rural and pray nobody sees you on someone else's land?

Next design use 90s on your 10 footers and make the entire setup one piece.

I use salt around the territory. Seems to work for regular ants, I am not sure if Argentine ants are different.

Try spraying the ground with a totally organic mix of 1/4 cup Orange Oil, 1/4 cup Molasses, 1 Gallon water ! It destroys their body !

Nothing like covering your bee hive with an oil based sealer.

Marvelous idea! One minor problem - most expanding foams contain Formaldehyde! Hmmm lets see now, bees, chemicals, enclosed environment, minimum ventilation = dead bees!!!

I used 10 traps made like this in 2018. I also used 10 made of plywood constructed like 5 frame extra deep nucs. I caught at least 3 swarms with this tree pot type and everyone of them left before I could move them to a hive. I caught 6 in the plywood type and transferred all of them to a hive. Making more plywood traps this winter for the 2019 season. I'm in S.E. Ohio.

How well did it work out ? I didn't see a follow up on how you set them up and if you cought any thing .

lol, what an ass #

It would suggest to rear some chicken ,and let them feed around the hive (by putting feed around the hive). Blv me itz really more proffitable .

I would use a piece of tar paper or the beeswax to protect the pots but the frame inside is a great idea.

Thanks for your thoughtful design and evolution.

I just caught a swarm with one of these traps. (I baited it with Swarm Commander.) Now I'm trying to figure out how to open it and transfer the bees to a hive.

I use ant lions and coffee grounds to help with ants and small hive beetlea... to be honest I don't know if it control the bettles cause my numbers of bettles have always been low.

Here in Florida this guy had a lot of money, and he had a koi fish pond... he wanted to get into bee keeping. Those same ants were giving him a hard time... so he put the hive on the island in his pond... good idea right... lol nope those ants built a bridge across the pond and the fish didn't touch them... lol...

to keep the ants out of our hive we would paint the wood post that go into the ground with used motor oil and the ants would not cross it. Based on the amount of rain or other weather you may have to do this a few times during the year but it was the easiest way to stop the ants. The best oil was the oil that came out of the tractor since it was very dark and smelled the worst.

Is there a follow-up video about removing the swarms from these traps?

do you have a link for these pots cant find them anywhere?

why not steelwool in slots for venting

Hey Brian, looks like your bee trap did not work; I don't see any follow-up .

What size pot did you use?

Wow. I can't even hear you at full volume

Any improvement on the camera work?

I suspect better results if you skip the water seal that stuff stays tacky even dry.

Would your idea do double duty for keeping the beetles out of the hives as well?

The flower pot idea is not bad, however, these size of pots also are made of black plastic requiring no weather proofing.

HOW'S YOUR SYSTEM HOLDING UP? i used to sell welding alloys to industry. Gained a healthy respect for "bi-metallic corrosion." 2 pieces of the SAME alloy, even, will react with each other. That plus having all those steel posts set in the ground each creates a "battery." They will react against one another. Any of this evident in your project? =I hope not!

you don't have to seal it completely, the bees will do that with some burrcomb. that's why the lid to your boxes will stick so much, they have to keep it sealed to keep out contaminates.

por favor quisiera saber con que materiales haces estas trampas gracias.

Just paint the inside of the cups with neverwet. The ants won't be able to crawl up and then there is no ant filled grease to manage. Also you can get bags of diatomaceous earth (which I can never spell correctly). Pour it around the legs of the stands so not only can the ants not climb the stands, but they will track that dust back to the ant mounds and in short order kill the whole mound. Mist it with some water so the bee's don't crawl in it (they usually don't). It's non-toxic safe for pets, people just not insects. It kills them slow so don't expect to see dead ants everywhere under the hive. Upside is with the neverwet in those upside down cups on the stand legs year after year with or without the DTE the ants simply won't be able to climb up to the hives.

reason i don't like em is NO FRAMES, and have to mess with the comb more with rubber bands. When a rubber band pops, it spooks the hive make them go into attack mold, and too a chance of killing the queen. I try to stay away from that.. But it works good too but need some air vents put some screen inside some of the holes Set them in bee lines where bees travel . Like a pipe line, power line, around lakes, garden crops, fruit trees, berries, any thing that blooms or near water ect it can be on the ground waist high, head high, or 40' up / i put where i can get em easy about head high ITS WHAT WORKS FOR YOU one of my friends said he catches them at his FRONT DOOR he heee i said well that where u need a trap RITE "Keep with the same places you catch swarms at TOO every year" SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE they will come!

openings are big ?