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Offline malabarchillin

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cardboard swarm box in pole out blding
« on: April 07, 2008, 07:45:56 pm »
I have a unused pole shed that was once my horse stalls. It has 2 dutch stall doors that are open at the tops, extra open 'windows' and the rafters are open. This is Fla and it is very open (airy). I can place a cardboard box inside about 10 feet up (out of the weather) with lemongrass oil in it. I assume that swarming bees would find it attractive. Do you have any reason to believe that they would not go inside a mostly open pole shed ?
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Re: cardboard swarm box in pole out blding
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 01:50:39 am »
One way of getting rid of persistent aggressive bees is to go inside a building--even  a shed.  I would recommend placing the bait hive as close to the window/wall opening as possible.
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