Hi everyone: I am going to attempt a trap out of a tree. I have built a Hogan Trap to try. Now there are a couple of issues that I am facing on this.
1) The tree is 5 feet from a road and the entrance is facing the road. (it is in a cemetery, on the main drive through it) They prefer I don't do a cut out. Talked with the guys that are going to cut it down to see if they would drop it and I would take tree and bees. No dice they will not cut the tree until the bees are gone or dead.
2) I only have til May 20th to get the bees out before sprayed and the tree is taken down.
3) I do not have any open brood to place in the trap. My 3 hives that made it though winter are very weak and the Queens are not laying good right now. Order 3 new Queens to replace them with They will be ready for pick up in a week or so.
I have spent the last couple of days searching for old threads about this and haven't found anything.
So if I put LGO in the Hogan Trap with empty drawn comb would this bring them out? Or is there something else I could try? Could I drill into the back of the tree and put some kind of oil in it that would drive them out? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.
1) The tree is 5 feet from a road and the entrance is facing the road. (it is in a cemetery, on the main drive through it) They prefer I don't do a cut out. Talked with the guys that are going to cut it down to see if they would drop it and I would take tree and bees. No dice they will not cut the tree until the bees are gone or dead.
2) I only have til May 20th to get the bees out before sprayed and the tree is taken down.
3) I do not have any open brood to place in the trap. My 3 hives that made it though winter are very weak and the Queens are not laying good right now. Order 3 new Queens to replace them with They will be ready for pick up in a week or so.
I have spent the last couple of days searching for old threads about this and haven't found anything.
So if I put LGO in the Hogan Trap with empty drawn comb would this bring them out? Or is there something else I could try? Could I drill into the back of the tree and put some kind of oil in it that would drive them out? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.