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HornetMaster Pro Korea Edition is the selective trap engineered in South Korea, the country that has been fighting Vespa velutina and Vespa orientalis for more than a decade. This is where the technology was perfected: larger capacity, a dual-chamber system that keeps the bait clean, and a selective escape design that lets honeybees out while hornets remain trapped. Its phototropic capture system and funnel placed directly above the attractant provide stronger and more stable scent diffusion than small bottle-style traps. It works with any commercial or homemade attractant and can be enhanced with gel beads for longer release. If you want a robust, proven and highly effective trap developed in the country with the most experience against these invasive species, this is the “super trap” that truly makes a difference in the apiary.
Selectivity does not come from the width of the slot: it comes from the bee climbing towards the light when it finds itself shut in, and the hornet not being able to turn its thorax.
Korean selective trap HornetMaster Pro for Vespa velutina and Vespa orientalis, 260 × 260 × 400 mm, with a double chamber and an escape dome. Built by Yasaeng, in South Korea.
01 · WHY THE BEE GETS OUT
The dome carries calibrated slots, but the mechanism is not only geometric. Apis mellifera has a narrow thorax and, shut into an unfamiliar space, climbs towards the light: going round the dome it finds the slot and slips out sideways.
Velutina and orientalis, with a wider thorax, cannot turn their body inside that slot and stay in the upper chamber. That said, no trap is infallible: look at what you catch, and if bees turn up, move it further from the hive.
02 · THE DOUBLE CHAMBER
The design separates the attractant from where the insects pile up. Night moths, which in a bottle trap fall into the liquid and form a film of scales that stops it evaporating, here climb to the dome and stay there.
The result is that the bait keeps its scent for more days. The funnel, besides, sits directly over the reservoir, so the smell comes out exactly where the hornets have to go in.
03 · HOW IT IS SET UP AND WHERE IT GOES
Put gravel in the base for weight, fit the tray, fill a third of the base with liquid attractant and spread 10 to 15 gel balls — polymers that soak up the bait and release the scent steadily, some 15-20 days. They are not included, but they change the performance.
It goes at entrance height, some 20-25 cm, and 80-120 cm from the hive, with the yellow openings parallel to the front. There it cuts across the patrolling route without stirring the bees.
04 · UPKEEP
Check it every 7-10 days: renew the bait if the scent has faded and see that the balls are still active. Shaking it gently every two or three days revives the emission, above all in the heat.
To empty it, hold it by the base or the handle and take the dome apart after dunking it in a bucket of water or leaving it ten minutes in the freezer. And a point of judgement: the selectivity is towards the honey bee — other insects do stay inside, so leaving it out all year is not free of cost.
05 · BEFORE YOU BUY
The trap for a whole season, not for one weekend:
| ✓ FITS | Velutina or orientalis pressure on the apiary, with the attractant you choose. |
| ✕ DOESN'T FIT | Controlling a native wasp: it does not tell one wasp species from another. |
| ⚠ NOT INCLUDED | Attractant or gel balls. |
| Product | Selective trap for Vespa velutina and orientalis |
|---|---|
| Maker | Yasaeng Co., Ltd · South Korea |
| Patent | PCT/KR2016/011319 |
| Dimensions | 260 × 260 × 400 mm |
| Reservoir | 300-500 ml of attractant |
| System | Modular: base, tray, central module and selective dome |
| Material | UV and weather resistant |
| Placing | 20-25 cm high · 80-120 cm from the hive |
| Checking | Every 7-10 days |
| Reference | E421 |

HornetMaster Pro Korea Edition is the selective trap engineered in South Korea, the country that has been fighting Vespa velutina and Vespa orientalis for more than a decade. This is where the technology was perfected: larger capacity, a dual-chamber system that keeps the bait clean, and a selective escape design that lets honeybees out while hornets remain trapped. Its phototropic capture system and funnel placed directly above the attractant provide stronger and more stable scent diffusion than small bottle-style traps. It works with any commercial or homemade attractant and can be enhanced with gel beads for longer release. If you want a robust, proven and highly effective trap developed in the country with the most experience against these invasive species, this is the “super trap” that truly makes a difference in the apiary.
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