Our third bait hive is now in place
Following the advice in the book Swarm traps and bait hives, we’ve established a few bait hives, including one in the convent next door.
A second bait hive is on our roof, next to our first hive.
This is our third bait hive, located at a friend’s house about 2-3km away from our place. Last season they had a swarm settle on their back wall, so there must be bees nearby!
Keeping our fingers crossed, hopefully one of these bait hives will do its job…
September 9, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Bait hives are the way to go. I’ve been successful using old comb and daubing with Lemon Grass Oil. My Bee Beard log hive is filled with bees from a tree. I hung my bait hive on the very tree that had bees in it. Came back 10 days later and there were bees flying in with pollen.
September 9, 2013 at 2:21 pm
I love your Bee Beard log hive, that’s truly amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like that, so good to hear that it’s still going well 🙂
August 24, 2015 at 8:31 am
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