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Kris wrote
>I set the trap with the lure in a tree near a large wild colony.  The bees
>completely ignored it when they swarmed as they do every spring.  Later, I
>set a trap with a lure in it near a swarm from one of my own colonies.
 This
>was ignored too.  I'm not going to buy any more of these.
 
I think the bees natural tendency to find a home at some distance from their
original
(in spite of the swarm settling temporarily nearby) defeats the lure?
 
george fielder