View Full Version : Why I don't do tree removals any longer
nursebee
05-04-2007, 06:31 PM
Because you need to cut the tree down to make it work. This was my attempt to make a one way exit work. HAH!
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s275/4nursebee/077_77.jpg
Walliebee
05-04-2007, 07:49 PM
Is that a beech tree?
I think everything's going fine. Trapouts take a lot of time. They just look a bit confused to me. Give them a few more weeks. Did you bait the box with old comb and lemon grass? That will help.
Keep the pic commin'!
iddee
05-04-2007, 07:54 PM
Try it like this. It works great.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j226/Iddee/TRAP%20OUTS/bees113.jpg
Jeffzhear
05-04-2007, 10:18 PM
I've never tried to take them out of a tree like that; I'd be more inclined to hang a swarm trap near the bee tree and hope I could catch a swarm...
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
nursebee
05-05-2007, 04:48 AM
Mine was actually an older pic (8-13-02 in bottom right of photo). iddee's looks like it would have a much better chance of success, but I've still read that you need to cut the tree down to guarantee things. I am not sure the type of tree.
I baited with drawn comb, maybe some pheromone (which I'm sure is somewhere in the freezer after all these years.