From what I've learned have chicken wire in the receiver bucket give the bees something to hang on to, they'll have a greater chance of surviving. The negative pressure is minimal from what hear. Bees become stressed out and die from it or get very angry.
Hi got a question for you do we have evidence that even though the manf may not be happy about the use of the bucket head with size other than 5 gallons it will probably work with a 6 larger gallon bucket ? thoughts please thank you I mean I even thought I read some one use something like this with a 7 gallon bucket I am of course trying to use it as a shop vac for home imporvments but I like to try to understand what people have tested I think there have been many cases where the manf proudct had a use they never inteneded not what I am worried with the question is I would more concerned about effectiveness rather than if it was specifically desgined so again the manf will say its only for the 5 gall bucket but do you have any evidence that it would likely work with 6 or 7 thoughts please thank you
That mfg spec only applies to bucket lid dimension. If you have a 7 gallon bucket with standard “5 gallon” lid compatibility it will work fine. The bucket is a material container… not a suction source under normal use.
From what I've learned have chicken wire in the receiver bucket give the bees something to hang on to, they'll have a greater chance of surviving. The negative pressure is minimal from what hear. Bees become stressed out and die from it or get very angry.
Great ... What size are the holes for the screen?
I think 1-1/2" if I remember correctly (maybe 2").... but it's not critical because there's a lot of holes
Hi got a question for you do we have evidence that even though the manf may not be happy about the use of the bucket head with size other than 5 gallons it will probably work with a 6 larger gallon bucket ? thoughts please thank you I mean I even thought I read some one use something like this with a 7 gallon bucket I am of course trying to use it as a shop vac for home imporvments but I like to try to understand what people have tested I think there have been many cases where the manf proudct had a use they never inteneded not what I am worried with the question is I would more concerned about effectiveness rather than if it was specifically desgined so again the manf will say its only for the 5 gall bucket but do you have any evidence that it would likely work with 6 or 7 thoughts please thank you
That mfg spec only applies to bucket lid dimension. If you have a 7 gallon bucket with standard “5 gallon” lid compatibility it will work fine. The bucket is a material container… not a suction source under normal use.