How does a bee trap lure bees?

In order to attract bees successfully, we can do it from the following aspects: selecting highly volatile bee pheromones, placing bee traps, controlling environmental factors, using visual signals and adding food in time.

1, select highly volatile bee pheromone.

Commonly used are bee yeast, bee youth, etc. These pheromones are highly volatile and can effectively attract bees. The variety and concentration of pheromone directly affect its information transmission range and its attraction to bees.

2. Place the bee bucket.

The bee trap barrel should be as close as possible to the active bee colony or the flight route of bees, so that more bees can receive pheromone signals. At the same time, we should also avoid getting too close to other bees or food sources to prevent bees from leaving in a dilemma.

3. Control environmental factors

Temperature, humidity and wind speed will all affect the volatilization and diffusion of pheromones, so choose warm, humid and low wind speed weather to attract bees. Avoid operating in bad weather such as low temperature, dryness and strong wind. It is difficult for pheromones to spread effectively and attract bees.

Step 4 use visual signals

In addition to pheromones, color is also an important factor to attract bees. The color of the bee trap barrel should be mainly blue and yellow, which is the most attractive to bees. Bright bee traps are easier to be found by bees and help guide them to approach.

Step 5 add food in time

In the early stage of bee trapping, a certain amount of syrup or pollen can be added to the bee trapping barrel, which can not only meet the food needs of bees, but also promote them to stay in the bee trapping barrel, and can lock more bees through pheromones.