How To Trap Honeybees!!!

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Last year was my first year trying this and I caught 10 swarms 👍🏻this year I’m building 30 traps and hopefully catch 25 + swarms

Caught 9 swarms last year and 7 were caught by a body of water.

you could use plugs/tape to cover the vent holes at the top and remove them when a swarm moves in.

Hi there. Here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 last year, a huge incoming 'Swarm' found me and my Garden AND went x15 Inches ! From the Washing Line Pole, into a Hive Stack next to it. (A Deadout that had demised : older Queen !) Always a loss, losing a Hive. But all that Drawn Comb, some Honey Stores in mini Arcs around a few Frames : Will always be a "Magnet" to Call In a passing Swarm. What's not to like ! 👍 A Double Height Nuc x5 over x5 will always be more desirable : than a Single x10 Deep. Here local Beeks recommend a Minimum of x 41 Litres as the Space they need. Also x1 Drawn Comb, and x3 Empty Frames: inside the top Box will enhance Bee activity to fly "In" gather in a Cluster, and then start 'measuring up' and making brand New Comb. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2024 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Also a bit of Lemongrass Essential Oil : on a bit of Card, held within a small Food Baggie with a few Pin Holes punched into it. Helps this LGO to slowly 'frangrance' the Air to "Smell" like Queen Phremones ! 'QMP' is what the Queen uses to Rule her Hive : And keep Hive Work in order and this 'Democracy' governs the Colony. 🙃

I understand not putting wire in the frames. The problem I have had in the past is the bees don't seem to want to attach the comb to the side or bottom of the frame and the new comb is very soft and can break off under it's own weight if you turn it to the side to look for the queen, brood etc. So if time permits i will probably add wire or vertical wood stabilizers in the frame to keep this from happening. No one way to do things, as many beekeepers would have you think. Good video by the way. I think you make it very concise and understandable. Giving examples of both what you do and what others may do.

Thanks for sharing

Enjoyed the video. Lots of good information. I have put lure on tree limbs before to encourage swarms to land lower. I like the pill bottle idea. Thanks.

Some great advice!! I bought some swarm commander at the conference this year and am excited to see if I have any luck

Great video Josh !

Great video

Good job Josh!

Great info. You have that hole in the 2x4. Can you use that to hold the trap in place with a nail, while you go around the tree with the rachet strap.

Shade cannot be understated! IMHO

Got mine out in NE Mississippi

just sand the inside with some fine grit sandpaper

SHADE #1

Agreed, lol big swarms are always unreachable small ones at eye level. So try

Next one you make could you boil the trap in paraffin wax or bees wax?

Thank you for this video. My son and I built a long top bar hive just as a fun project to learn a bit about bees. My husband baited it with lemon grass oil and we have left it alone in the back yard and watched it. We havent seen any activity yet, so i wondered if there was anything else we could do to invite wandering colonies to move in. I have some old beeswax that i purchased many years ago from a local bee keeper. Its not filtered, just melted down into a big brick. I use some of it from time to time and have a lot left. I think i will melt some down and run a strip of wax down the middle of each bar. Then i will keep rebaiting every week. I might even purchase a bottle of the bait you recommend. What do you think? Do you have more suggestions for me?