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ricktrojanowski:
Very Cool, thaks for sharing that.  We battle those every year.

Eric Krewson:
1/2" hole on each side drilled up at a 45, I used a forstner bit. I got the ones on the sides a little low because I started my holes on the wrong side of the boards before I tacked everything together. Started them in the middle but they came out low. I used some old pressure treated decking to make the trap.

Eric Krewson:
I drilled the hole for the 16 oz Gatorade bottle cap with a 1 1/2" hole saw, just right for a press fit of the cap. After I had the cap in I used a 1 1/4 " hole saw to drill the center of the cap out The bottle screws into the pressed fit cap threads.

The one in the picture is a prototype. In my next one I will attach the top with drywall screws so I can take it off in case I need to clean any wasp nests out of the trap after summer is over.

johnston:
Got the bee problem bad, thanks for the post.

Did you slope the top to keep rain out? I will build one ( or two) for my outside shop and probably make the top flat and hinged for clean out. Pat is right about the wrens... any ideas on that?

Lane

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