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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: Cheech on March 08, 2012, 11:42:21 am

Title: swarm trap
Post by: Cheech on March 08, 2012, 11:42:21 am

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

Title: Re: swarm trap
Post by: beyondthesidewalks on March 08, 2012, 01:21:10 pm

I don't wait on mine.  Just stick some LGO in them and deploy them before the swarms start flying.

Title: Re: swarm trap
Post by: tefer2 on March 08, 2012, 08:33:10 pm

If using regular wood glue, I'd say about an hour. Lemon grass oil, will out do any glue smell.

Title: Re: swarm trap
Post by: Cheech on March 10, 2012, 09:40:41 am

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

Title: Re: swarm trap
Post by: Michael Bush on March 11, 2012, 12:40:23 am

>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.

Title: Re: swarm trap
Post by: Cheech on March 11, 2012, 10:10:24 am

MB, i used 3M yellow glue.  i'm sure its the equivalent elmers carpenter glue