...Do you
> have a digital photo of the barrel?  Might be able
> to offer some advice after seeing it.

Here's one I caught this year, swarms seem to be
attracted to the smell of Jack Daniel's whiskey.
Maybe Milt's barrel is similar to this one:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/naturebee/detail?.dir=d450&.dnm=722c.jpg&.src=ph



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