How to Use Homemade Lure
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On left, a mason jar with homemade lure; on right, vegetable oil. In the middle a small hive beetle trap. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
“All I see is a Mason jar wi/ a lid. How do the SHB get in? How to you hang it up? Do you leave it open? I’m confused, obviously.” — Julie
How to Use Homemade Lure
Hi Julie,
That blog entry showed you how to make the small hive beetle (SHB) lure. You use the lure in any one of the currently available SHB traps.
I personally use the reusable plastic traps with a center well where you pour in the lure. On either side of the center well, you fill each side 1/3 full. That’s where the small hive beetles fall in and drown on their way to get to the lure in the center.
As you can see in the photo, the center well is small compared to the wells on either side so you don’t need a lot of homemade lure. I keep mine in the refrigerator to extend its life.
