[beeditch]

I just ordered a few packets from Mann Lake. Any thoughts? I set mine with Lemongrass, which got instant response. Will the Synthetic Queen Pheromone do the same?

Thanks

 

[Mr.Beeman]

I think the LGO gets them to notice the trap and the Queen juice gets them to stay put. Well.... a better chance they will stay put anyway.

 

[Michael Bush]

Both work for swarm lure. The combination works best. They do not have exactly the same effect. I would use a piece 1/4 of the whole piece of the pseudo queen and four drops of lemongrass essential oil.

 

[Riskybizz]

OMG..I think I used 5 drops of LGO in some of my swarm traps !.. I hope they'll be ok.

 

[beeditch]

Mike - I read ur not to open the lure envelope? So how would u split it?

 

[beeditch]

Eisky - I used two cotton balls w lgo inside a sandwich bag with a few holes in it to keep it fresh.. so if one drop was the norm then mine will be high on lgo

 

[Michael Bush]

I'm talking about pseudo queen. It comes in little plastic tubes that are impregnated with QMP. The lure I would leave in the tube. Next time I would buy Lemongrass essential oil instead as that is what is in the tube anyway.

 

[beeditch]

So mann lake lure is lgo?

 

[LetMBee]

Pheromone and LGO in combination may work best, but for the money LGO alone works well in Indiana. Maybe if I wasn't so cheap I'd catch more bees. Experiment and keep us all posted.

 

[sqkcrk]

Thoughts? Yeah, do synthetic queen lures attract synthetic queens?:lookout: