ABEJAR® swarm Attractant Lure (Spray)

01 · APPLICATION

From 30 cm, a light coat, and the whole cavity scented

Shake the can and spray from about 30 cm, lightly, over the inner walls of the box, the frames and the edge of the entrance: the point is for the whole cavity to smell, not one corner. The 300 ml can does about 15 traps. And the top-up is the part people forget: being a volatile liquid, the scent fades sooner than the paste's, so spray again every 7-10 days through the swarming season.

02 · SPRAY OR PASTE

The same essence on two different carriers

The difference is not the formula, it is how long it stays on the wood. The paste sits on a petroleum-jelly base: it clings to the wall and releases slowly, with top-ups every 10-15 days and about 10 traps per 100 g jar. The spray goes on in seconds and yields more traps per container, but it evaporates sooner. The practical rule: with many traps spread out and frequent passes nearby, spray; if you set the box and come back rarely, paste.

03 · WHAT DECIDES THE CATCH

The scent points; the old comb and the site convince

Best said plainly: a lure does not create swarms. It helps a scouting party already looking for a cavity to notice your box, and in a thin season in your area no can will invent them. What really weighs is the set-up: inside, a comb of used, healthy wax — the smell of a colony that once lived there beats the scent — and outside, a sunlit spot on a flight path, off the ground. And one sanitary condition that is not negotiable: that comb must not come from a hive that died of an unknown cause.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Inspect any swarm you catch before adding it to the apiary: it may come from a diseased colony or from very swarm-prone genetics, and that is inherited. If you would rather charge the trap once and forget it for weeks, look at the paste version.