From: Micky Lee <mlee4321@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:06:07 -0500
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Queen lure?

Dee wrote:

> We ourselves make our own lure like Butler (early beekeeper turn
> century) used to do. We take virgin queens (have plenty of supply during
> grafting and active season) and put the ones we don't want into alcohol and fill
> 3-4 ounce jars with them, packed with virgin/young queens. Then I take
> a blending wand (for whipping/blending in Kitchen) and blend the mix
> and add double amount of alcohol. The alcohol is the color of dark
> yellow/light brown. The solid matter sinks to bottom of jar. I then use an
> eyedroper and place only one to two drops of lure per trap under lid of trap,
> centered where I want the swarms to go. Works great!

Questions:

Would the shelf life of this product exceed one summer?

How often is it necessary to add another drop to the trap lid?

Micky