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[ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap
- From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
- To: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap
- Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 14:00:16 -0400
In the 'can't hurt, might help' school of beekeeping I read about someone who had placed an unscented, untreated Swiffer® pad in the hive to trap small hive beetles. I decided to give it a try in the empty supers that enclose my tank feeders. Within a week the bees in one hive carried the pad down through the hive and dropped it on the ground in front of the entrance. Undeterred I tacked the Swiffer pad down so that the bees couldn't remove it. After 2 weeks I pulled the pad. I've attached pictures of side 1 and side 2 of one of the pads. There were also live SHB under the pad as I pulled it out. The bees had corralled them there. The pad also caught a few bees, but most were able to extricate themselves. The SHB do not seem to be able to do so. They settle in and die. John Rintoul (919) 414-4071 No trees or bees were killed in the distribution of this message, but countless electrons were seriously inconvenienced. |
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[ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap,
John Rintoul, 10/01/2016
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Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap,
Marty Hanks, 10/01/2016
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Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap,
Michael Morrissey, 10/03/2016
- Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap, mark powers, 10/03/2016
- Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap, John Rintoul, 10/03/2016
- Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap, Todd Walker, 10/03/2016
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Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap,
Michael Morrissey, 10/03/2016
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Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap,
Marty Hanks, 10/01/2016
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