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  • From: Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
  • Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] For what it's worth - unscientific test of inexpensive SHB trap
  • Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 14:17:40 -0400

John this IS great news. 

Many keepers are using it with much success & in the end its just a layered mesh of fibers. 

A great tool for keepers. As this non chemical/natural product form can be used in any size hive. Nuc to 4 supers tall and anytime during the year! A win for keepers when weather & temps effect us in other ways. 

Congrats on your determination to use it 

Marty 

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On Oct 1, 2016, at 2:00 PM, John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com> wrote:

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.
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John Rintoul
(919) 414-4071
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