Frank Humphrey described his experience with swarm lures, including the
following:
 
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>All the boxes I used had at least 2 frames of old combs. Only difference was
>the lure.  That box caught 4 swarms while the other 6 only caught 1 between
>them.  Do Pheromone lures work?  I'm now convinced that they do.  Next year I
>intend to put lured in all my swarm boxes.
 
   We had extensive experience with swarm hive lures on our Santa Cruz
Island beehunt project.  One can find a brief summary of that experience on
p. 832 in the December issue of the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.
 
   Swarm lures work very well indeed, as Justin Schmidt has so adequately
documented elsewhere.  (References provided upon request.)
 
                                                        Adrian
 
Adrian M. Wenner                         (805) 893-2838 (UCSB office)
Ecol., Evol., & Marine Biology           (805) 893-8062  (UCSB FAX)
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara           (805) 963-8508 (home office & FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
 
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