If you will take your hive tool and run it down the black part of the trap with some pressure on it before you take it out you will kill a bunch of beetles. The traps doesn't set flat and the bees run them under the edge of the trap. ❤️🐝🐕
I wanted to ask about the open feeding short video? Will feeding in the deep with frame feeders keep me from feeding all the other insects that would like some sugar water. Or, are most of the other insects not very active in winter? Also do you feed out of site of the hives to avoid robbing?
Hello John an Cori . I run a Deep an a Medium brood setup. I have always put two traps in each brood boxes. That bait does it have something in to bring the beetles to it or is just a oil to kill them . I think I have most of my colonies somewhat under control but this has been the worst season I have saw in a long time an have heard a lot people saying that also . Thanks
If you have horizontal hives, smearing vaseline around the legs will deter ants pretty well. In an area without wind, sprinkling talcum powder on the ground will also discourage them, but most people's hives aren't in that sheltered a place.
Heard one of the guys at our local beekeepers’ meetings recommend a protected bowl or plate with a mix of powdered sugar and baking soda. The ants can’t tell the difference and there’s a chemical reaction between their acids and the baking soda. Heard John say “those ants bother you a lot more than they bother the bees” when I was in the store a few months ago but it seems to me that bees in winter is a resource conservation game, and ants are thieves working against the bees.
