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Date: | Thu, 15 May 2003 23:04:31 -0000 |
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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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