How to bait a Swarm Trap or Bait Hive to catch Honey Bees part of a series of videos. 

As I stated in the comments EVERY small detail matters and ups your chances. I had much rather hang a trap and have an 80% chance to catch a swarm than leave it out and only have a 70% chance.

My right or the hives right? Lol

i do not have problems with them from march till may after the first of week or 2 of may then i seem to have problems with them. i really do not care if they eat it up because its the old comb im rotating out so its going either to them or the solar wax melter.in the winter i spray my combs with www.arbico-organics.com/product/monterey-bt-liquid-concentrate/pest-solver-guide-caterpillars-moths non toxic to bees and their larvae and its only last for 3 to 4 months and its gone by the time i need them again. i also store my traps this way ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-muzwEmY2-qc.html thanks for watching. what part Australia ive got friends in Perth and at the foot of the blue mountains?

To naturally help control/reduce the wax moth population around your hive, place around the beehive ceramic pots with draining holes, turned upside down, or use other hiding things (such as a concrete block with the holes pointing up with a tile covering most of the hole except for a small entrance) for lizards to make their home around your beehive. Once the lizards see a wax moth flying around, they will try to catch it for sure.

Do you have the link to that study I would love to read the complete study?

it was great way better than swarm commander but sadly the 2 developers had a massive falling out and they can not make it for sale. they make it for themselves and thats it. i can not and believe me i have tried to get the one i know to give me a bottle. that said im back to swarm commander.

There was a falling out between the 2 people that developed it so its no longer available

i did not remember the other % but you have up down and left figuring into the 52.6%

@@WoolieBsApiary I was just messing with you, brother. :)

i never have but ive heard of people that do.

Sadly the inventors had a falling out and it is no longer being made. It blew the socks off of swarm commander. Sadly I ran out this year

i buy the anise oil at walmart in the baking isle its 1/2 of the bottle to 1 to 1 sugar water in a quart spray bottle. the sugar water in the jar is about 1 1/2 to 1. heres a tip thats not in the videos in early spring when you are looking for the bees they are interested in survival so they like the higher sugar content in spring after the swarm they want 1 to 1 to build comb with. i do 1 to 1 schools mostly in the summer and fall im really busy from march through 1st week of july when i harvest honey. i sell queens and nucs along with swarm trapping along with mentoring through my local bee club. thanks for watching.

@@WoolieBsApiary Thank you so very much! I certainly appreciate the advice. Honestly, using that anise is a very good idea!

for swarm traps i use these 7 deep frame with 6 inches of open space below them which equals 10 to 11 liters. i use Nucs because i sell nucs in the spring and summer. i also make honey in nucs the nice thing about that is i get different flavors of honey. they will fill a 5 frame medium and cap it in no time. out of 120 ish hives i have maybe 30 8 frame deep hives and all the rest are 5 or 6 frame nucs. thanks for watching

Lol

I need someone to buy it lol

Woolie B's Apiary - Dr Leo Shaskin has it for sale on his website. Not sure how much he sells but...

What I failed to mention straight was 35% so that only left around 18% that turned left. Thanks for watching.

According to his findings straight is I think it was 35% which only leaves a very small percent going left

@@WoolieBsApiary a third option, I see. Interesting that bees are right handed!

Similar studies show that when entering a store, people tend to turn right most often vs straight or left...

@@CluelessHomesteaders so I wonder if the entire animal kingdom has a right tendency?

Phil Chandler beats me, but it’s certainly possible! Interestingly enough, when pilots are crashing when trying to land on aircraft carries, they tend to turn left, that’s why control islands are they n the right of the ship. I wonder if we all have an instinct that right is good, left is bad? And no, not making any political statement there... In WEII the Japanese had their islands on the left, and returning pilots tended to crash into them with some regularity...

Robert the small details can make a HUGE difference. i do not want people to see my traps so i try to make them blend into the tree line or wherever i place them. i share what i learn from trial and error or from successful beeks. Thanks for watching

@@WoolieBsApiary That is exactly why I painted mine the way I did, the paint aint for the bees it is so no one else sees. have a great season

if you want ants in your swarm trap put the honey in there. keep watching the series of videos and you will see the comb being put in it and the propolis i put in the box.

I agree but the small details can make the difference in just being checked out and them moving in. During my trials of different ways to prepair my swarm traps the ones with propolis they move in vs a trap 30 yards away with everything the exact same except propolis. The same goes for swarm commander vs lemongrass oil.

You know me beekeeping on the cheap. Beekeeping does not have to cost a fortune is you know how. I need to do a series in that subject.