This is the whole thing assembled. The top board that takes the vacuum hose is fixed in place as I don't have the equipment to be able to make it slide in and out. I'll make a second top when I get access to some better wood working equipment.
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This is where the vacuum hose slots in and where you can adjust the amount of suction.
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I'm using household insect mesh under the lid.
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Where the business end plugs into.
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I'm going to try and use 38mm ID pool hose as its cheap and readily available. This one is 3m long.
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Inside the hose. It looks worse than it really is. It is fairly smooth to the touch.
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This girl supervised the whole project. Didn't help though.
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I gave the vac a bit of a test this after noon on some of my own bees. With the regulator fully open on top, there is just enough suction at the tip to suck in a bee if you give it a nudge or if they have a loose grip.
You'll notice in the pictures that I don't have a cutout shim, this is because I don't have the tools to be able to make something to allow some mesh to slide into. Also we don't have "hardware cloth" readily available that Robo uses. Anything that I have access to isn't ridged enough for the job. I'll have to think up something to use for the job.