Drawn honey frame or pollen frame to use in a swarm trap?

Drawn frames are good. Pollen frames draw small hive beetles. Brood frames draw wax moths. You may still get bees with used brood frames, but they will have a mess to clean up.

I use two old, dark, brood combs that have gone through the Winter and are really dry, in each trap. I have never had a problem with small hive beetles or wax moths attacking them.

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AmericasBeekeeper said:

Brood frames draw wax moths. You may still get bees with used brood frames, but they will have a mess to clean up.

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America's beekeeper- So what kind of drawn frames do you put in your hive if it is not brood frames? It seemed like 90% of the beekers here have suggested to use black brood frames? What kind of mess do you mean if brood frames are used?

What is the thought on empty honey supers? Is that not durable enough to support egg laying?

The reason I am considering pollen or honey frames versus brood frames is that I only have a few hives and not many spare brood frames. Thanks, juzzer

I'm not sure if this answers your question or not...Hal uses some old comb as well as a little capped honey. I asked how/why he kept the honey. He says he just keeps the 'not so pretty stuff' for times like this, when he has to entice a swarm into a hive. He keeps it in the barn.
He tells his story here.
http://solarbeez.com/2014/05/02/capturing-a-swarm-hals-unique-technique/
He knew my neighbor wanted a swarm. This swarm came from his log hive, landed on a small tree that his wife didn't want him to butcher by cutting branches off to get the swarm.

Pollen will draw pests...