The Colorado Bee Vac has a new home at Betterbee, who will be manufacturing and distributing it at our headquarters in Greenwich, NY. The Colorado Bee Vac was invented by Guy Shingleton, who made and sold them for over 10 years from his house in Colorado. Guy wanted to retire to his cabin in the mountains but needed someone who could continue to take care of his customers, so he approached Betterbee about making and carrying his invention.
Betterbee has been looking for a high-quality bee vacuum to add to their line of beekeeping supplies. Guy had built a strong reputation for quality with the Colorado Bee Vac, and we've been impressed by its performance in all of our testing. Betterbee taking over for Guy seems like a great move for Betterbee, for Guy, and for anyone who needs a device to suck bees out of walls or off of branches.
The Colorado Bee Vac sucks bees into a specially designed, modified hive body that collects the bees so that they can be easily introduced into a hive after they've been captured. There is a heavy-duty steel sliding door at the bottom that allows access to the hive body and bees only when the user is ready to release them. The top is a specially designed cover that contains the built-in vacuum cleaner head to provide suction, as well as a valve to control pressure and a distribution system to spread the vacuum through the box. These modifications allow the vacuum to pull bees strongly into the device while minimizing damage to them by avoiding the intense forces they would experience inside a normal vacuum cleaner. The hose that comes with the Colorado Bee Vac has a large diameter and a smooth interior to protect the bees from harm. This hose comes in a 10-foot length with the base kit but can also be ordered in 20- or 30-foot lengths for those who need extra reach or want to move the vacuum further away from their workspace.
Guy has spent a great deal of time training the Betterbee crew on how to make these bee vacuums. They are high quality, designed and built for the beekeeper or bee removal expert that has a lot of cutouts to do each season. Many bee removal experts use the Colorado Bee Vac for hours each day as an integral part of their business. We're very excited to introduce the high-quality Colorado Bee Vac to Betterbee's customers and to continue serving Guy's loyal customers.
