I have had good luck this year with my first swarm box baited with a pheremone lure.  I used a nuc box and put 2 frames of drawn comb and three of foundation inside with the lure.  I painted the box brown to match the limbs of my holly tree and mounted it in the tree about 10 feet off of the ground.  I was careful to make sure that the box did not get the afternoon sun, as I've read several places that bees will leave a swarm box that is in the sun (don't know if it's true or not).  It took about three weeks, but I did get a swarm and I was fortunate to witness the actual move-in.  Quite an experience to see and hear thousands of bees moving across the sky into a tree.  I love free bees!

Pam




Any of you use swarm traps with pheremone lures to catch swarms?

I was curious how you go about do this and how your luck has run.

Grant
Jackson, MO


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