Honeybee Swarm Attractant
Honeybee Swarm Attractant Wipe helps to attract passing swarms. And it only comes in small sachet, resembling a cleansing wipe!
Honeybee Swarm Attractant Wipe helps to attract passing swarms, and to lure swarms temporarily hanging in trees and other awkward places into a skep or box containing the swarm attractant. It will even reduce the risks of swarms leaving the apiary if a bait hive contains the attractant.
It comes in a small sachet and resembles a cleansing wipe. It is impregnated with essential oils extracted from plants.
To activate, the sachet can be pierced or torn open and hung in an empty hive, skep or other suitable container, or it can be wiped over the surface of the container.
Rigorous university research has shown that the lure attracts 60-90% of swarms — and learn about the different ways to use the lure to attract primary swarms (headed by old queen) and secondary swarms (headed by one or more virgin queens).
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Bee Swarm Lure Attractant – Single Sachet
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"We put 4 trap boxes on the roof and tried various home-made swarm attractant recipes in 3 of them & Swarm Attractant Wipe in the 4th one... The bees arrived and moved into the Swarm Attractant Wipe trap box!"
Rigorous university research has shown that the lure attracts 60-90% of swarms
The researchers also discovered a fascinating difference in the behaviour of primary swarms (headed by an old queen) and secondary swarms (headed by one or more virgin queens). Secondary swarms were attracted to empty hives containing the lure and immediately started setting up a permanent nest.
In contrast, the primary swarms were attracted to the lures pinned to the branches of trees and only then would they start looking for a permanent nest site.