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A friend has a tree with bees living in it and wants to eliminate them from his property but he is not in a hurry. Last year they were visiting his water gardens next to his house too often for his wife’s liking. So the basic questions are:
1) What are the optimal daytime/nighttime temps to do a tree trap out?
2) Are there other timing considerations?
I plan to mount a 5 frame nuc with a couple old brood comb frames and three frames of new foundation on the tree next to the knot hole they are using. It is about 12 ft up and clear of branches. I’ll use a screen cone over the hole in the tree.
1) Is there a better configuration? 10 frame deep, etc? I can build whatever.
2) Should I bait the nuc with lemon grass oil or other substance? I do not have any queen pheromone.
3) How long should the trap hang there?
Assuming success, once I remove the trap, what should I do with the remaining hive in the tree? Plug it up? Let it attract more bees that I can come back and trap again?
Thanks for any guidance!!
1) What are the optimal daytime/nighttime temps to do a tree trap out?
2) Are there other timing considerations?
I plan to mount a 5 frame nuc with a couple old brood comb frames and three frames of new foundation on the tree next to the knot hole they are using. It is about 12 ft up and clear of branches. I’ll use a screen cone over the hole in the tree.
1) Is there a better configuration? 10 frame deep, etc? I can build whatever.
2) Should I bait the nuc with lemon grass oil or other substance? I do not have any queen pheromone.
3) How long should the trap hang there?
Assuming success, once I remove the trap, what should I do with the remaining hive in the tree? Plug it up? Let it attract more bees that I can come back and trap again?
Thanks for any guidance!!