Hello, do you guys think this will attract the honey bees? Wanting to knock the yellow jackets and ideally the black hornets down, without trapping the honey bees. Thanks!
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Should be ok - but - the important thing about traps for wasps/yellowjackets is the location of each trap. Those insects operate in exactly the same way as Honey Bees in that scouts are sent out to locate food, and it is only when those scouts report back, that the mob then descends upon that specific food source.
All that placing a trap close to a beehive will do - although it does seems instinctively the right place for such a trap - is to advertise the hive as a potential food source.
The most appropriate location is downwind of the apiary, so that scouts will encounter the trap as they follow the scent plume which leaves the hive(s).
This, of course, does mean re-locating the traps whenever the wind direction changes.
Some of my hives are in a plum orchard, and I used to have a wasps/yellowjacket problem with windfall fruit rotting on the ground. Now I collect as much of this as possible and dump it at least 30 feet downwind of any hive. Problem solved.
LJ
All that placing a trap close to a beehive will do - although it does seems instinctively the right place for such a trap - is to advertise the hive as a potential food source.
The most appropriate location is downwind of the apiary, so that scouts will encounter the trap as they follow the scent plume which leaves the hive(s).
This, of course, does mean re-locating the traps whenever the wind direction changes.
Some of my hives are in a plum orchard, and I used to have a wasps/yellowjacket problem with windfall fruit rotting on the ground. Now I collect as much of this as possible and dump it at least 30 feet downwind of any hive. Problem solved.
LJ
That is true, however once the yellow jackets have decided to start bothering a hive I've found that putting the trap right next to or on top of the hive works pretty well.
I have one 6 inches from the entrance to one hive, the bees are totally ignoring it and it's catching dozens of yellow jackets.
Just plain molasses diluted with water.
It only works when the yjs are trying to get in, but there are enough bees to fend them off. The yjs start looking for cracks to sneak through, and go right in the trap.
Bees seem to totally ignore that stuff, and they also ignore plain molasses which yellow jackets love.
Maybe try one of each type baits in traps right next to each other and see which one works best.
Molasses is working like a charm for me right now, I think unsulfured is best.
Maybe try one of each type baits in traps right next to each other and see which one works best.
Molasses is working like a charm for me right now, I think unsulfured is best.
Protecting Honey Bees from Yellowjacket Wasps https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/em9211.pdf
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