Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: Cheech on March 08, 2012, 11:42:21 am
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Hi All,
after gluing swarm traps, how long should I wait before deploying into the field?
IOW, does the smell of the glue alter the attractiveness of the trap for the period of time its drying?
thanks
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I don't wait on mine. Just stick some LGO in them and deploy them before the swarms start flying.
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If using regular wood glue, I'd say about an hour. Lemon grass oil, will out do any glue smell.
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thanks guys, just finished 4 rough nuk boxes and will be rubbing some lemon grass (we have lemon grass growing wild down here) and setting them up this weekend
Cheers
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>IOW, does the smell of the glue
What kind of glue? If it has some kind of solvent, it will be a deterrent. If it's Elmer's Carpenter glue or exterior Titebond etc. (polyvinyl acetate or aliphatic resin) then I don't think the bees will care one way or the other.
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MB, i used 3M yellow glue. i'm sure its the equivalent elmers carpenter glue