Swarm Attractant Gel Allure Stick ANEL - Box 20 pcs

01 · HOW IT IS USED

Pierce, hang at 1.80 m and forget

Make four to six small holes in the aluminium tube and one at the top to hang it, and hang it inside the swarm trap, from a branch or in an empty hive with a couple of drawn frames, about 1.80 m off the ground. The gel releases gradually and keeps emitting for up to four months according to ANEL; inland with hot summers it pays to smell the stick now and then, because heat exhausts it sooner. Compared with the house paste or spray lures (72, 73), touched up every one or two weeks, this goes up once a season.

02 · WHAT TO EXPECT

Primary swarms and casts, per the maker’s data

ANEL declares that 55 % of primary swarms and 81 % of secondary ones enter, the small casts that are most often lost, and that these tend to settle permanently in the trap. They are the maker’s figures, not ours, and hold within the 25 m radius: the attractant works on swarms passing nearby. What decides the catch is the box: about 40 litres, shade, height, old comb in the frames and a drop of propolis at the entrance; the stick adds to that.

03 · TWENTY STICKS

A network of traps around the apiary

Twenty sticks cover several points of the apiary or spread across sites: one stick per trap, and traps spaced further apart than the working radius, so they do not compete. It works in the forest swarm box 2941, in empty nucs and in spare hives. Keep them closed, cool and out of the sun until use.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

The box of twenty sticks is supplied; traps, frames and foundation come separately, and the paste, spray and wipe lures (72, 73, 213, 962) are short-lived alternatives.